Meanings
- uncommonSynonym of alongside.
What is a simple master-mariner at best alongsides a parson with a persuasive voice?.
1907, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter XXIV, in The Love that Prevailed, New York: Empire Book Company, page 2992 more examples
Ay, ay, this is all very well, in the animal way, though it makes but a poor figure alongsides of scalps and and-bushes.
1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, chapter I, in The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 1st British edition, volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 12Alongsides his hired labour work on the sugar cane farms, Ambo learned carpentry skills from his uncle through an apprenticeship.
2000, Yujiro Hayami, Masao Kikuchi, “Population Growth and the Evolution of Households”, in A Rice Village Saga: Three Decades of Green Revolution in the Philippines, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press Ltd., page 70Synonyms: alongside
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of alongside.
prepositionSynonym of alongside.
Origin
From alongside + -s (adverbial suffix), probably on the model of besides.
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