two-sided

[too-sahy-did]

adjective

1. having two sides; bilateral.

2. having two aspects or characters.

two-sided

adjective

1. having two sides or aspects

2. controversial; debatable

   a two-sided argument

Other Word Forms

• two-sidedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of two-sided¹

First recorded in 1860–65; two + side ¹ + -ed ³

Related Words

• bilateral 
• collective 
• reciprocal