Definition alongside in British English

alongside adverb, preposition

adverb, preposition

/əˈlɒŋˌsaɪd/

Alongside can be used in the following ways:

as a preposition (followed by a noun): A police car drove up alongside us.

as an adverb (without a following noun): Peter was riding on a donkey with his father walking alongside.

along the side of something, or close to the side of it

Example

The railway runs alongside the road.

Example

The Russian flag was flying alongside the American Stars and Stripes.

Synonyms and related words

local close nearly

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if you work alongside someone, you work with them in the same place and for the same purpose

2.1

if you work alongside someone, you work with them in the same place and for the same purpose

Example

Example

Leslie Caron starred alongside Maurice Chevalier in the musical Gigi.

Example

We worked alongside people from 71 other countries.

2.2

if you play or fight alongside someone in a game or war, you play or fight in the same team or on the same side with them

Example

In the battle, British troops fought alongside US marines.

important enough to be considered as being in the same class as someone or something else that is well known

Example

When he dies he will take his place alongside Shakespeare and Dickens as one of the truly great writers of his time.

if different systems, processes, or ideas exist alongside each other, they exist at the same time

Example

Synonyms and related words

when while simultaneous

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used for showing that you are comparing one person or thing with another

Example

Our profits seem small alongside the amounts that the big companies make.

Synonyms and related words

than relatively whereas

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