sideward

1. 1.

   toward one side

   “turn the figure sideward”

   Synonymssidewards

Questions about sideward

What does sideward mean?

sideward means "toward one side".

How many syllables are in sideward?

sideward has 3 syllables: si-de-ward. The stress falls on "si".

What is another word for sideward?

Close synonyms include sidewards. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sideward a common word?

sideward is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.