BROADSIDE Synonyms: 151 Similar and Opposite Words

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adverb

Definition of broadside

as in sideways

with one side faced forward one car hit the other broadside and crushed the passenger door

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broadside

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noun

as in volley

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as in invective

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as in handbill

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Recent Examples of broadside

Adverb

The six-point bull turned broadside, and Teig pulled his arrow back. — Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025 The head came up broadside, facing to Bill’s left, and Bill sought the bear’s ear with the crosshairs. — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025

Noun

With a spiky and Scotch-taped sound, the album is a 30-minute broadside against overthinking the artistic process. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Another image on this broadside featured a section of the city’s grid based on L’Enfant’s initial drawing. — Allison M. Prasch, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for broadside

Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadside

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Leaders who start asking their vendors the governance question now—not after the first agent goes sideways—will set the pace for everyone else.

— Ryan Austin, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The system lets robots choose suitable movements, such as stepping over objects, ducking under overhead barriers, or turning sideways to pass through narrow gaps.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sideways

Noun

Ojeda flicked a back-heel volley, off a feed from Griezmann, past goalkeeper Sean Johnson and inside the left post to give Orlando a two-goal lead in the 22nd.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Gates says Washburn’s petition is a first volley in an attempt to discredit and then defund the Wildlife Council.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of volley

Noun

Alongside his criticisms of Britain, the Argentine president devoted some invective to the United Nations itself.

— Adrienne Vogt, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Rather than Ole Miss run out alone and receive the invective, the Rebels waited for Arkansas to run out, then finally took the field.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of invective

Noun

Guardino began collecting rock memorabilia 55 years ago, amassing vinyl records, posters, handbills and autographed photos into what is considered the largest private collection of rock ephemera in Northern California.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2026
The exhibition brings together public health campaigns, agitprop, benefit flyers, and club handbills showing how poster design helped build survival networks from the ground up.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2026

Definition of handbill

Noun

The Kremlin’s barrage hit a bridge and ambulance station, while Kyiv reportedly fired upwards of 600 drones on the Moscow region alone.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The storm on Wednesday that may have spawned a tornado was one in a barrage of strong storms across Southern California this week that caused localized flooding, strong rains and high winds, including a swift-water rescue in Los Angeles.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of barrage

Noun

As these things go, the tweet exposes Hotez to public vituperation on social media and possibly physical harm.

— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
On March 12, Nickels tweeted a notice of a scientific conference in Washington at which Peter Daszak, the head of a research funding organization who has long been the target of vituperation by lab-leak advocates, would appear on a panel.

— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024

Definition of vituperation

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In mid-September, Bloomberg reported that public money-market funds in the kingdom have been asked to limit investments and assets held outside Saudi Arabia to 5% within two years, citing a recent circular from the CMA.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
First is a transition from a circular to a linear view of time and history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of circular

Noun

Kyiv has developed innovative strategies to mitigate the impact of Russian energy strikes and keep its grid running, even amid intense bombardment.

— Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026
Because Ukraine’s bombardment of Russian oil and diesel refineries has taken out a huge chunk of global supply.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombardment

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