wrong side

noun

The side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.

“Don't drive on the wrong side of the road.”

Opposite
right side
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Meanings

nounwrong side (plural wrong sides)

plural wrong sides

  1. businessThe side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.

    Trace the pattern on the wrong side so that any mistakes won't show when you're done.

    Antonyms: right side

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wrong, side.

    Don't drive on the wrong side of the road.

    1 more example

    But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 286

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe side of a fabric, often with a less visible color or pattern, that is not intended to be seen on a finished project.

Opposite
right side

Translations

German linke Seite
  • linke Seiteside of a fabric
Russian изна́нка
  • изна́нка (iznánka)side of a fabric
Cite this entry
APA

wrong side. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrong%20side

MLA

“wrong side.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrong%20side. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wrong side,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wrong%20side.

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