sideways

1. 1.

   (of movement) at an angle

   Synonymscrabwise

   Similaroblique

Questions about sideways

What does sideways mean?

sideways means "with one side forward or to the front". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sideways?

sideways has 2 syllables: side-ways. The stress falls on "side". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪˌdweɪz/.

What is another word for sideways?

Close synonyms include sideway, sidewise, sideway, sidewise, sideway. 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 sideways a common word?

sideways is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.