Word

side, n.
(sides)
freq. cnt. 168

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 91 freq. cnt.: 91

side

sample sentences

"they always sat on the right side of the church"
"he never left my side"

semantic pointers

hypernym

region, part

hyponym

bedside blind side dockside east side hand north side shipside south side west side

one of two or more contesting groups
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 25

side

sample sentences

"the Confederate side was prepared to attack"

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

game war, warfare politics, political science, government

hypernym

unit, social unit

either the left or right half of a body
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 18

side

sample sentences

"he had a pain in his side"

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna man, human being, human, homo

hypernym

area, region

part holonym

body, torso, trunk

a surface forming part of the outside of an object
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1

face side

sample sentences

"he examined all sides of the crystal"
"dew dripped from the face of the leaf"
"they travelled across the face of the continent"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

facial face

semantic pointers

hypernym

surface

hyponym

beam-ends bottom, underside, undersurface front, front end, forepart lee, lee side, leeward windward rear, backside, back end top, top side, upper side, upside

an extended outer surface of an object
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 11

side

sample sentences

"he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"
"they painted all four sides of the house"

semantic pointers

hyponym

beam broadside edge front port, larboard nearside obverse back, rear reverse, verso sidewall soffit starboard upper surface

hypernym

surface

an aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect)
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

side

sample sentences

"he was on the heavy side"
"he is on the purchasing side of the business"
"it brought out his better side"

semantic pointers

hypernym

aspect, facet

hyponym

downside hand

a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

side

sample sentences

"the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side"

semantic pointers

hypernym

line

an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

position side

sample sentences

"there are two sides to every question"

semantic pointers

hypernym

opinion, view

a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
<noun.food> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

side side of meat

semantic pointers

hypernym

cut, cut of meat

hyponym

side of beef side of pork

a family line of descent
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

side

sample sentences

"he gets his brains from his father's side"

semantic pointers

hypernym

ancestry, lineage, line, pedigree, blood, stock, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, origin, parentage, stemma

(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
<noun.event>

English side

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

sport, athletics

hypernym

spin

an elevated geological formation
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 1

incline side slope

sample sentences

"he climbed the steep slope"
"the house was built on the side of a mountain"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

slope

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

incline

semantic pointers

hyponym

rise, ascent, acclivity, raise, climb, upgrade bank bank, cant, camber canyonside coast fall, declivity, descent, decline, declination, declension, downslope escarpment, scarp hillside mountainside, versant piedmont ski slope

hypernym

formation, geological formation

part holonym

natural elevation, elevation