Nouns (5)
aside
n. a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
digression, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
n. a message that departs from the main subject
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (14)
toward the side, to the side
adv. "Step aside"
away, out of the way, out of mind
adv. "Brush the objections aside"
away, by, in reserve
adv. "Put aside some money"
apart, not taken into account
adv. "These problems apart, the country is doing well"
by, apart, on one side, set to one side
adv. "She put her sewing by when he entered"
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (23)
circumlocution, periphrasis
n. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
tautology
n. useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"
elsewhere, in another place, to another place
adv. in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"
singly, severally, one by one, separately, individually, on an individual basis
adv. apart from others; "taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square"; "the fine points are treated singly"
separated, apart, away from one another
adv. "These towns are many miles apart"
aloof
adv. in an aloof manner; "the local gentry and professional classes had held aloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough"
only, alone, solely, exclusively
adv. "He works for Mr. Smith exclusively"
on one's own, independently, without outside help
adv. on your own; without outside help; "the children worked on the project independently"
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Antonyms (0)
aside
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