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| Main Entry: | alongside |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | close, near side of |
| Synonyms: | beside, by, side by side, along the side of, apace with, at the side of, by the side of, close at hand, close by, equal with, in company with, next to, parallel to |
| Antonyms: | away |
| Main Entry: | adjacent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next to, abutting |
| Synonyms: | adjoining, alongside, beside, bordering, close, contiguous, near, neighboring, touching, close by, next door |
| Notes: | adjacent means next to but not necessarily connected with, while adjoining means next to and connected - adjacent rooms are separated by a wall, adjoining are connected by a common door; things are adjacent when they are side by side, they are adjoining when they share a common boundary and adjacent may or may not imply contact but always implies absence of anything of the same kind in between |
| Antonyms: | apart, away, detached, disconnected, distant, far, faraway, remote, separate, nonadjacent |
| Main Entry: | aside |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | away from; to the side |
| Synonyms: | abreast, afar, alone, alongside, apart, away, beside, down, near, nearby, out, out of the way, privately, separately, by oneself, in isolation, in reserve, neck and neck, sidewise |
| Antonyms: | middle |
| Main Entry: | beside |
| Part of Speech: | adverb, preposition |
| Definition: | next to |
| Synonyms: | a step from, abreast of, adjacent to, adjoining, alongside, aside, at one's elbow, at the edge of, at the side of, bordering on, by, cheek by jowl*, close at hand, close to, close upon, connected with, contiguous to, fornent, in juxtaposition, near, nearby, neck and neck, neighboring, next door to, nigh, opposite, overlooking, round, side by side, verging on, with |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | next |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | coming immediately after in space, time, order |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, adjoining, after, alongside, beside, close, coming, consequent, ensuing, following, later, meeting, neighboring, proximate, subsequent, touching, abutting, attached, back-to-back, closest, coterminous, hard by, nearest, on the side, side-by-side, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | earlier, preceding, previous |
| Main Entry: | sideways |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to the edge, exteriority |
| Synonyms: | alongside, aside, athwart, indirectly, laterally, obliquely, side by side, slanting, sloping, aslant, aslope, broadside, crabwise, edgeways, sidelong, sidewards, slantingly, slantwise, to the side |
| Main Entry: | side by side |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | next to each other |
| Synonyms: | abreast, alongside, beside, cheek by jowl, parallel, cheek to cheek, juxtaposing, shoulder to shoulder, side-by-side |
| Main Entry: | lengthwise |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | longitudinally |
| Synonyms: | along, alongside, overall, endlong, fore and aft, from end to end, from head to foot, from stern to stern, from top to bottom, the long way |
| Antonyms: | across, crosswise, side to side |
| Main Entry: | by |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | next to |
| Synonyms: | along, alongside, beside, near, nearby, nigh, over, past, round, by way of, close to |
| Main Entry: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close by physically |
| Synonyms: | abreast, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, along toward, alongside, approximal, around, at close quarters, available, beside, bordering, burning, close, close shave, close-at-hand, close-by, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, hair's breadth, handy, immediate, in close proximity, near-at-hand, nearby, neighboring, next door, nigh*, not remote, practically, proximal, proximate, ready, side-by-side, touching, vincinal, warm*, within stone's throw |
| Antonyms: | away, distant, far, remote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | parallel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aligned, side-by-side |
| Synonyms: | alongside, coordinate, equidistant, lateral, laterally, coextending, coextensive, extending equally, in the same direction, never meeting, running alongside |
| Antonyms: | crooked, separate, zigzag, skewed |
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