Next
Next adjective - Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space.
Usage example: in the next room
Side by side is a synonym for next. In some cases you can use "Side by side" instead the word "Next" as an adjective or an adverb.
Side by side
Side by side adjective - Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space.
Usage example: our rooms were side by side
Next is a synonym for side by side. You can use "Next" instead the phrase "Side by side" as an adjective or an adverb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and next
- close and side by side
- attached and next
- attached and side by side
- following and next
- following and side by side
- consequent and next
- consequent and side by side
- subsequent and next
- subsequent and side by side
- proximate and next
- proximate and side by side
- contiguous and next
- contiguous and side by side
Both terms in one sentence
- The next year the Athenian and Spartan armies fighting side by side destroyed what was left of the Persian army at Platea.
- The next scene cuts to them lying side by side at Li's flat, where Li suggests that they run away together.
Source: Did They or Didn't They? - Due to the income gap of the nation, it isn't unheard of to see expensive, modern luxury sedans next to sputtering old motorcycles from the 70's side by side on the street.
Source: Decade Dissonance
Cite this Source
Side by side and Next. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/side_by_side
Next & Side by side. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/side_by_side>.
Side by side or Next. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/next/side_by_side.
