sidewards

1. 1.

   toward one side

   “turn the figure sideward”

   Synonymssideward

Questions about sidewards

What does sidewards mean?

sidewards means "toward one side".

How many syllables are in sidewards?

sidewards has 3 syllables and divides as si-de-wards under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sidewards?

Close synonyms include sideward. 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 sidewards a common word?

sidewards 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.