Meanings
- not comparableAlong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
Ahoy! Bring your boat alongside.
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All of a sudden, another car drew up alongside.
Synonyms: level
- Side by side with.
The Titanic was built alongside the Olympic, with construction beginning in March 1909.
2026 September 8, William DeLong, Cara Johnson, “How The RMS Olympic Narrowly Averted The Tragic Fate Of The Titanic”, in All That's Interesting, archived from the original on 08 Sep 20261 more example
I shall ere long paint to you as well as one can without canvas, something like the true form of the whale as he actually appears to the eye of the whaleman when in his own absolute body the whale is moored alongside the whale-ship so that he can be fairly stepped upon there. In the second engraving, the boat is in the act of drawing alongside the barnacled flank of a large running Right Whale, that rolls his black weedy bulk in the sea like some mossy rock-slide from the Patagonian cliffs. The other engraving is quite a different affair: the ship hove-to upon the open sea, and in the very heart of the Leviathanic life, with a Right Whale alongside; the vessel (in the act of cutting-in) hove over to the monster as if to a quay; and a boat, hurriedly pushing off from this scene of activity, is about giving chase to whales in the distance.
1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick - Together with or at the same time.
The nurse worked alongside the doctor.
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The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2020He grew up in North Bergen, New Jersey, alongside his four brothers and two sisters.
2026 September 8, Ella Spitz, Kaleena Fraga, “Christopher Amoroso, The Port Authority Policeman Who Died Rescuing Others On 9/11”, in All That's Interesting, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAlong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbside by side
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From along + side; compare alongsides.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَزَامُنًا
- تَزَامُنًا (tazāmunan)together with or at the same time
Chinese Mandarin 旁邊 /旁边, 旁邊 /旁边
- 旁邊 /旁边 (pángbiān)along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- 旁邊 /旁边 (pángbiān)side by side with — see also next to
- 一起 (yīqǐ)together with or at the same time
Danish langskibs
- langskibsalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
Dutch aan de zijde van
- aan de zijde vantogether with or at the same time
Esperanto kun
- kuntogether with or at the same time
Estonian kõrvuti
- kõrvutialong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
Finnish vieressä, vieressä
- vieressäalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- vieressäside by side with — see also next to
- rinnallaside by side with — see also next to
- yhdessätogether with or at the same time
- rinnallatogether with or at the same time
French à côté côte à côte, par le travers
- à côté côte à côtealong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- par le traversalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- à côté deside by side with — see also next to
- le long deside by side with — see also next to
- par le travers deside by side with — see also next to
- bord à bord avecside by side with — see also next to
German längsseits
- längsseitsalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
Greek ακοστάρισμα, διπλάρωμα
- ακοστάρισμα (akostárisma)along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- διπλάρωμα (diplároma)along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- πλεύρισμα (plévrisma)along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
Italian accanto, a fianco
- accantoalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- a fiancotogether with or at the same time
- congiuntamentetogether with or at the same time
Japanese に沿って, に沿って
- に沿って (ni sotte)along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- に沿って (ni sotte)together with or at the same time
Norwegian Bokmål langskips, langsmed
- langskipsalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- langsmedtogether with or at the same time
Portuguese ao longo de, ao lado
- ao longo dealong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- ao ladoalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- lado a ladoalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- à beira dealong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- junto atogether with or at the same time
- juntamente comtogether with or at the same time
Russian вдоль, борт о́ борт
- вдоль (vdolʹ)along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- борт о́ борт (bort ó bort)along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- вместе с (vmeste s)together with or at the same time
Spanish al costado, al lado
- al costadoalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- al ladoalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- yunto/juntamente/junto contogether with or at the same time
Swedish längsmed, längs
- längsmedalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
- längsalong the side; by the side; side by side; abreast — see also side by side, abreast
Ukrainian по́руч з
- по́руч з (póruč z)side by side with — see also next to
Cite this entry
alongside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alongside
“alongside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alongside. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alongside,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alongside.
Source: alongside on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.