Next to
Next to adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Side-by-side and next to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Side-by-side" instead the phrase "Next to" as an adjective or an adverb.
Side-by-side
Next to and side-by-side are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Next to" instead the phrase "Side-by-side" as an adverb or an adjective.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- close and next to
- close and side-by-side
- meeting and next to
- meeting and side-by-side
- parallel and next to
- parallel and side-by-side
- practically and next to
- practically and side-by-side
- touching and next to
- touching and side-by-side
- near and next to
- near and side-by-side
- next and next to
- next and side-by-side
Both terms in one sentence
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Especially striking when you stand her and Mick Fleetwood side-by-side; she's tiny next to him even with her boots on!
Source: Music / Stevie Nicks -
As a result, laser pistols run side-by-side with .44 revolvers, while cowboy hats and dusters are worn next to Powered Armor; the driving theme is no longer survival on the ruins of civilization but rather the reconquest of the frontier and the conflict between civilization and lawlessness.
Source: New Old West -
This can also happen across games, such as Jeffry shuffling side-by-side next to the much-higher-poly Ulala.
Source: Anime / Hi sCoool! SeHa Girls
Cite this Source
Side-by-side and Next to. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/next_to/side-by-side
Next to & Side-by-side. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/next_to/side-by-side>.
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