Meanings
comparative more one-sided · superlative most one-sided
- Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group.
We were robbed! That referee was definitely one-sided.
- With one competitor dominant over the other.
It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round.
2 more examples
Lovenkrands only just failed to connect with another Enrique cross in what was becoming a one-sided affair at Ewood Park but despite Newcastle dominating, Blackburn held out with the half ending goalless.
2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBCThe fight is not all one-sided. Lion is taking a savage beating as the two flagships trade body blows almost independent of the furious carronade going on behind them.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 14:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022 - Out of proportion or lopsided.
- Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.
- biologyTurned to one side.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot reversible or capable of having either side out
adjectiveinvolving only one part or side
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian пристрастен, едностранчив
- пристрастен (pristrasten)partial or biased in favour of one faction
- едностранчив (ednostrančiv)out of proportion or lopsided
- едностранен (ednostranen)having only one side
Chinese Mandarin 偏袒, 偏頗 /偏颇
- 偏袒 (piāntǎn)partial or biased in favour of one faction
- 偏頗 /偏颇 (piānpō)partial or biased in favour of one faction
- 一面倒 (yīmiàndǎo)with one competitor dominant over the other
- 不成比例 (bùchéngbǐlì)out of proportion or lopsided
- 失衡 (shīhéng)out of proportion or lopsided
- 偏向一側 /偏向一侧 (piānxiàng yī cè)(botany) turned to one side
- 偏側生 /偏侧生(botany) turned to one side
- 單側 /单侧 (dāncè)having only one side
- 單面 /单面having only one side
Czech jednostranný, jednostranný
- jednostrannýpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- jednostrannýhaving only one side
Finnish puolueellinen, yksipuolinen
- puolueellinenpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- yksipuolinenwith one competitor dominant over the other
- yksipuolinenout of proportion or lopsided
- toispuolinenout of proportion or lopsided
- toispuolinen(botany) turned to one side
- toispuoleinen(botany) turned to one side
- yksipuolinen(logic, of a modality) that is necessarily different than the respective coordinate alethic
- yksipuolinenhaving only one side
German parteiisch, einseitig
- parteiischpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- einseitigwith one competitor dominant over the other
- einseitigout of proportion or lopsided
- einseitighaving only one side
Greek μεροληπτικός, μονόπλευρος
- μεροληπτικός (meroliptikós)partial or biased in favour of one faction
- μονόπλευρος (monóplevros)having only one side
Icelandic einhliða
- einhliðahaving only one side
Irish leataobhach, leatromach
- leataobhachpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- leatromachpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- aontaobhachwith one competitor dominant over the other
- aontaobhachout of proportion or lopsided
- aontaobhachhaving only one side
Portuguese parcial, unilateral
- parcialpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- unilateralpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- unilateralwith one competitor dominant over the other
Romanian partinic, unilateral
- partinicpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- unilateralwith one competitor dominant over the other
- unilateralout of proportion or lopsided
Russian односторо́нний, односторо́нний
- односторо́нний (odnostorónnij)partial or biased in favour of one faction
- односторо́нний (odnostorónnij)having only one side
Spanish partidista, unilateral
- partidistapartial or biased in favour of one faction
- unilateralwith one competitor dominant over the other
Swedish ensidig, partisk
- ensidigpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- partiskpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- ojämnwith one competitor dominant over the other
- ensidighaving only one side
Tamil ஒருதலை
- ஒருதலை (orutalai)partial or biased in favour of one faction
Welsh unochrog, unochrog
- unochrogpartial or biased in favour of one faction
- unochrogwith one competitor dominant over the other
- unochrogout of proportion or lopsided
- unochroghaving only one side
Cite this entry
one-sided. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-sided
“one-sided.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-sided. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one-sided,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-sided.
Source: one-sided on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.