West Side
Americannoun
Compare meaning
How does west-side compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The Hell’s Kitchen of Alicia Keys’ story, set in the 1990s, isn’t the gang-ridden Hell’s Kitchen of West Side Story, set in the 1950s.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
“Ladies’ Lunch” and “Still Talking” comprise short vignettes about a group of aging friends who for decades have gotten together every other month or so on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
The judges decided to send Cope, who performed a salsa to Dance At The Gym from West Side Story, home.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
Just a steady, warm-hearted procession winding from the Upper West Side to Herald Square.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025
Went on the West Side by the Bulls’ stadium and showed Lloyd where my mother used to live in Henry Horner.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
