Synonyms of aside

aside 1 of 2

adverb

as in apart

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apart
• away
• elsewhere
• off
• down
• out
• fro
• hence
• abroad
• afield
• afar
• astray

aside

2 of 2

noun

as in tangent

a departure from the subject under consideration

as an aside, something similar happened to me years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangent
• digression
• excursion
• parenthesis
• excursus
• divagation
• rambling
• prolixity
• circularity
• verbosity
• wordiness
• diffuseness
• windiness
• circumlocution
• circuitousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aside

Adverb

Set a savings goal Conventional wisdom suggests having at least three months' worth of expenses set aside, though financial experts are increasingly recommending people have closer to six in a shaky economy and job market. —Rachel Barber, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025

Scraping alternatives For those who have opted in, the Army Corps of Engineers is cleaning up properties where structures burned by removing 6 inches of soil in a burn area and transporting it to landfills set aside for toxic soils. —Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025

Noun

Should the tale of a 600-year-old artist, with its technical asides on the art of the fresco, come before the tale of modern-day teenage angst? —Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025

The book follows Tom’s moral development, guided by three matriarchal fairies—with political and scientific asides—and the whole can be read as an allegory for the moral principles inhering in evolutionary processes. —Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025

Phrases Containing aside

• aside from
• set aside
• step aside (from)