side by side
Neither one ahead
Side by side means positioned next to each other, typically with a small gap between: They walked side by side down the street.
The phrase often implies equality or partnership: working side by side, fighting side by side.
A side-by-side comparison examines two things placed adjacent for easy contrast.
Directly next to
- neighboringSituated beside another
- abuttingSharing a common border
- adjoiningSharing a border
- flankingAt the sides of
parallel · aligned · next to · close · nearby · juxtaposed · contiguous · bordering
In union or proximity
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- unityWholeness through cohesion
solidarity · alliance · companionship · jointly · combined · in tandem · working together · mutual
Showing striking differences
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- comparingExamining for differences
- matchingIdentical in appearance
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
evaluating · differences · similarities · versus · relative · benchmarking · split screen · before and after
adjacent
Directly next to
- neighboringSituated beside another
- abuttingSharing a common border
- adjoiningSharing a border
flanking · parallel · aligned · next to · close · nearby · juxtaposed · contiguous · bordering · touching
together
In union or proximity
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
unity · solidarity · alliance · companionship · jointly · combined · in tandem · working together · mutual · coordinated
contrasting
Showing striking differences
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- comparingExamining for differences
- matchingIdentical in appearance
weighing · evaluating · differences · similarities · versus · relative · benchmarking · split screen · before and after · pros and cons
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- closenessclose by, close contact, close-knit, next door, up close
- contrastsopposites, antithesis, polarity, dichotomy, duality
- Then vs Nowbefore and after, past and present, old and new, throwback, flashback
- adjacencyneighbor, border, touching, abutting, contiguous
- Image Comparisoncontrast, before and after, overlay, juxtaposition, split screen
side by sidesingle file
One-person-wide formation
in a row · tandem · front to back · stacked · one after another
side by sideseparated
Put or kept apart
distant · apart · poles apart · worlds apart · estranged
side by sideat odds
In a state of conflict
in opposition · independently · separately · in conflict · adversarially
side, outside, beside, besides, sideways, sides, outsider, alongside, sideline