on the side
Served in addition
On the side describes something additional or secondary to the main thing.
Food ordered on the side comes separately, not mixed in: I'll have the dressing on the side.
Income earned on the side supplements your primary job.
The phrase often carries a hint of secrecy or impropriety—a lover on the side is someone you're seeing while in another relationship, and dealings on the side may be under the table.
She does freelance work on the side to pay off her student loans.
- additionalBeyond the existing amount
- accompanimentSupplementary support element
- extraAdditional, beyond necessary
- moonlightingCovert additional employment
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
clandestine · optional · condiment · furtive · hush-hush · hustle · mistress · love affair · secret lover · no strings attached · guilty pleasure · covert · supplemental · french fries · secret · affair · surreptitious · extramarital
- menumenu, option, submenu, dropdown, appetizer
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
- dining phrasesbon appetit, enjoy your meal, dig in, come and get it, help yourself
- fast foodMcDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, KFC
- prepositionsabove, about, across, after, along
- innuendoinnuendo, sexual innuendo, double entendre, double meaning, implied meaning
on the sideincorporated
Legally formed as company
combined · blended in · all together · on top · dressed
on the sidefront and center
Prominent central position
primarily · centrally · full-time · professionally · exclusively
on the sideofficially
With authorized sanction
above board · openly · legitimately · on the record · in the open
side, the, beside, aside, sidewalk, sideways, sides, sidestep, sideline