1. On or to one side
   "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"
    
2. Out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
   "brush the objections aside";
   - away
    
3. Not taken into account or excluded from consideration
   "all joking aside, I think you're crazy";
   - apart
    
4. In a different direction
   "turn aside";
   - away
    
5. Placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
   "a day set aside for relaxing";
   - apart
    
6. In reserve; not for immediate use
   "started setting aside money to buy a car";
   - by, away

1. A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
   "The character's aside revealed his true intentions to the audience"
    
2. A temporary departure from the main subject or course in speech, writing, or thought
   "The lecture was full of interesting asides";
   - diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion [Brit], divagation [rare], sidetrack, discursion, excursus, parenthesis

Derived forms: asides

Type of: content, message, speech, subject matter, substance, turn, turning, words

Encyclopedia: Aside