Word.ws English Dictionary

side piece

side piece noun: a person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. Not gender specific.

Noun

side piece (plural side pieces)

  1. (slang) A person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. Not gender specific.
    • Near-synonyms: (feminine) mistress, side chick, side bitch (vulgar)
    • I was already putting two and two together that I was just a side piece — a booty call.2004, Wendy Williams, Karen Hunter, Wendy's Got the Heat, page 104

Examples of side piece in a sentence

  • You basically told him you're cool with being his side piece as long you're number one.2008, Lenora Adams, Baby Girl, page 105:
  • I'm just tired of being treated like a side piece and not a wife.2014, Shelly Ellis, The Best She Ever Had, page 246:

Synonyms of side piece

Forms of side piece

pluralside pieces

Origin of side piece

Jocular reexpression of the concept of a piece of ass on the side.

Questions about side piece

What does side piece mean?
Side piece means a person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. Not gender specific.
How do you use side piece in a sentence?
You basically told him you're cool with being his side piece as long you're number one.
What part of speech is side piece?
Side piece is a noun.
What is the plural of side piece?
The plural of side piece is side pieces.

Words near side piece in the dictionary

  1. side order
  2. side orders
  3. side out
  4. side part
  5. side parting
  6. side piece
  7. side pieces
  8. side plank
  9. side planks
  10. side plate
  11. side plates

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: side piece (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-side piece.ogg.

Cite this entry: “side piece.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/side_piece. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.