Phrase guide

side by side

adj · adv · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of side-by-side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Beside or alongside one another; close to one another and abreast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally, not-comparable

Examples

  • The new houses were built side by side, facing the lake.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

In peace.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

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4

adv

Meaning 4

With a common purpose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

  • The soldiers of XX and YY were fighting side by side against a common enemy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative spelling of side-by-side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

closely related or associated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a city in which communism and democracy had to live side by side

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جَنْبًا إِلَى جَنْب (janban ʔilā janb) — literally
  • Azerbaijani: böyür-böyürə — literally
  • Azerbaijani: yan-yana — literally
  • Azerbaijani: yanbayan — literally
  • Belarusian: бок у бок (bok u bok) — literally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 並排 /并排 (bìngpái) — literally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 並肩 /并肩 (bìngjiān) — literally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肩並肩地 /肩并肩地 (jiān bìng jiān de) — literally
  • Czech: bok po boku — literally
  • Esperanto: unu apud la alia — literally
  • Esperanto: flankalflanke — literally
  • Finnish: rinnakkain — literally
  • Finnish: rinnatusten — literally
  • Finnish: vierekkäin — literally
  • Finnish: vieri vieressä — literally
  • Finnish: ritirinnan — literally
  • French: côte à côte — literally
  • Galician: a carón — literally
  • Georgian: გვერდიგვერდ (gverdigverd) — literally
  • Georgian: მხარდამხარ (mxardamxar) — literally
  • German: Seite an Seite — literally
  • German: Schulter an Schulter — literally
  • Irish: taobh le taobh — literally
  • Irish: taobh le chéile — literally
  • Irish: le taobh a chéile — literally
  • Irish: le hais a chéile — literally
  • Japanese: 並んで (narande) — literally
  • Khmer: នែប (nɛɛp) — literally
  • Khmer: ទន្ទឹម (tɔɔtŭəntɨm) — literally
  • Korean: 나란히 (naranhi) — literally
  • Māori: karapipiti — literally
  • Navajo: ahąąh dah siké — literally
  • Norwegian Bokmål: side om side — literally
  • Norwegian Bokmål: side ved side — literally
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: side om side — literally
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: side ved side — literally
  • Polish: obok siebie — literally
  • Portuguese: lado a lado — literally
  • Romanian: cot la cot — literally
  • Romanian: unul lângă altul — literally
  • Russian: бок о́ бок (bok ó bok) — literally
  • Russian: борт о́ борт (bort ó bort) — literally
  • Serbo-Croatian: бок уз бок — literally
  • Serbo-Croatian: bok uz bok — literally
  • Swedish: sida vid sida — literally
  • Turkish: yan yana — literally
  • Ukrainian: пліч-о́-пліч (plič-ó-plič) — literally
  • Ukrainian: бік у бік (bik u bik) — literally
  • Vietnamese: cạnh nhau — literally
  • Finnish: rauhassa — figuratively, in peace
  • Irish: faoi shíth agus faoi shíocháin — figuratively, in peace
  • Catalan: braç a braç — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Finnish: rinnalla — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • German: Seite an Seite — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • German: Schulter an Schulter — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Haitian Creole: kòt a kòt — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Irish: bonn ar bhonn — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Irish: bonn ar bhonn le chéile — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Portuguese: lado a lado — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Romanian: cot la cot — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Romanian: umăr la umăr — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Spanish: codo con codo — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Spanish: codo a codo — figuratively, with a common purpose
  • Ukrainian: пліч-о́-пліч (plič-ó-plič) — figuratively, with a common purpose