What does beside mean?
Beside means Next to; at the side of..
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/bɪˈsaɪd/ · preposition
Next to; at the side of..
A small table beside the bed
That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside.
I'll need another dictionary beside this one.
To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead.
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Eternal form shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside; And I shall know him when we meet: […]
Use beside when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Beside means Next to; at the side of..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A small table beside the bed
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