-side
/saɪd/
-side suffix: forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object.
Suffix
-side
- Forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object.
- fireside (“next to a fire”), railside (“alongside a railway”)
- Forms adjectives and adverbs describing position in relation to a dividing line or other separation.
- airside (“in the controlled part of an airport (as opposed to in the public part); to the controlled part of an airport”), planetside (“on a planet (as opposed to in space); to a planet”)
- Forms nouns describing the area alongside or around an object.
- fireside (“the area next to a fire”), lockside (“the area surrounding a canal lock”)
- Forms proper nouns naming the conurbation around a river.
- Deeside, Humberside, Merseyside, Tameside, Teesside
Origin of -side
From side.
Words that rhyme with -side
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- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- subside
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about -side
- What does -side mean?
- -side means forms adjectives describing position next to or alongside an object.
- What part of speech is -side?
- -side is a suffix.
- How do you pronounce -side?
- -side is pronounced /saɪd/.
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