ONE-SIDED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

one-sided

adjective

ˈwən-ˈsī-dəd

Definition of one-sided

as in partial

inclined to favor one side over another my neighbor's account of how the feud got started was somewhat one-sided

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Recent Examples of one-sided Bret clunkily jumps right to his virginity, suggesting that whatever is going on between them isn’t exactly one-sided. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 Unlike the Tribune, none of those outlets interviewed Benton’s accusers, leaving Welch to present a largely one-sided account. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Helping to reframe the traditional romantic gesture, the film was shot by emerging local talents, including director Zhou Jinghao and cinematographer Cheng Ma, and explores love as a mutual choice rather than a one-sided act of devotion. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 Jericho won a one-sided hockey fight with Ciampa and suplexed him onto spiked hockey pucks. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for one-sided

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Adjective

Even with just a partial return, last season’s figures clearly show why Barca embarked on such an expensive project in the first place.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
This comes after a partial glacier collapse in the Himalayan mountains unleashed a sudden surge of water, mud, and debris that swept through border crossings, valley communities, and hydropower projects on August 26.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of partial

Adjective

Terrorism wasn’t a completely foreign concept, but the notion of a hostile, coordinated attack on our soil, at that scale, seemed like something that might only happen in a Tom Clancy novel or a summer blockbuster movie.

— Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Now, civil engineer Jishen Qiu and his team wondered if engineers could exploit Mars’s hostile climate, rather than fighting the planet’s extremely low temperature.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of hostile

Adjective

The standard medical terms clinicians rely on may become distorted or polluted.

— Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorted

Adjective

The rule of law, free expression, and equal citizenship are not partisan preferences to be renegotiated after every election.

— Joe Daniels, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Over the following quarter century, this mechanism migrated from Muslims to immigrants, racial protesters, cultural minorities, and, ultimately, partisan opponents themselves.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of partisan

Adjective

After Rangers won on penalties following a 3-3 aggregate draw, Mourinho railed angrily against supposedly biased refereeing.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The opinion team should have recognized that his biased anti-Israel position was not relevant to the subject of his commentary.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of biased

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