multisided

adjective

mul·​ti·​sid·​ed ˌməl-tē-ˈsī-dəd 

-ˌtī-

variants or multi-sided

: having multiple and usually more than two sides

… in Yugoslavia, where typhus ravaged the country during the multisided war among Germans, Serbs, Croats, communists, and monarchists …

—Albert E. Cowdrey

… the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, housed in a stunning, multi-sided, gem-like building …

—Fran Golden

Examples of multisided in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The latest developments have once again demonstrated the shifting alliances of Syria's multisided civil war that has been subject to competing geopolitical interests among foreign powers. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

Featuring humans, elves, orcs and other fantastical creatures engaging in wars, treasure hunts and campaigns, the D&D game, one of Hasbro’s key franchise brands hailing from Wizards of the Coast, is overseen by a host, known as the Dungeon Master, and employs a signature multisided dice. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025

Over nearly 14 years, the civil war spiraled into a multisided conflict involving rebels, extremists and others. —Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024

But four decades of a multisided conflict meant that fault lines ran through communities, villages and even families. —Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024

In addition to limiting access to the likeness, multisided portraits allowed artists to comment on their own work, painting allegorical scenes that reflected the sitters’ character on removable covers or the reverse sides of panels. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024

Rare protests in Syria calling for the ouster of the authoritarian government have gathered momentum over the past two weeks, in scenes reminiscent of the Arab Spring uprising that began more than 12 years ago and morphed into a multisided war. —Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023

There are free-standing, multisided columns that also are for the show. —Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023

The Syrian war began 11 years ago with a peaceful uprising against the government and spiraled into a multisided conflict involving armed rebels, jihadists and others. —Lara Jakes, New York Times, 3 June 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multisided

• coincided
• subdivided
• undecided
• undivided
• unprovided
• abided
• collided
• confided
• decided
• derided
• divided
• elided