SIDED Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

sided

verb

Definition of sided

past tense of side

as in allied

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as in surrounded

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Also Sunday, France's Socialist and allied voters chose European Parliament lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann as their presidential candidate in a primary election marred by a cyberattack and divisions within the mainstream left.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Fighters allied with the UAE say Abu Dhabi’s departure left a power vacuum the Saudis didn’t fill.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of allied

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At this season of my life, to be so warmly received by audiences and surrounded by so much love is a gift beyond words.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026
Things got uglier when Greenlaw was surrounded by Seahawks players, Jones stepped up to him despite not wearing his helmet, and then Greenlaw headbutted Jones.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of surrounded

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These libraries are much wider than the book versions, their contents taped together or rubber-banded so the pieces don’t get lost.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
People are also poking fun at the fact that Kaydee is banded, which looks like the eagle version of an ankle monitor.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of banded

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Stellantis There's also all the homologation and regulatory hurdles attached to having something that flits between being a passenger-car and a light truck.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
Most practice systems model authorization as a yes or no attached to a code, which is why this change cannot be entered correctly.

— JP Montoya, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of attached

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For now, the reception to the finding has been mixed, largely because of Tsiokos’s significant use of generative AI in the proof.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
It was painted using a technique in which pigments are mixed with molten wax, and restorers were able to recover the features of the brother on the right.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of mixed

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McDonald and Morgeson sat together near the half-court line, robed in regalia.

— Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
This clothing in turn helps Druids feel a sense of kinship with Europe’s pre-Christian peoples, including the ancient druids, who in the popular imagination are often envisioned as robed.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of robed

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