aside

Adverb

• in reserve; not for immediate use
  • started setting aside money to buy a car
    
  • put something by for her old age
    
  • has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day
    

• placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
  • had a feeling of being set apart
    
  • quality sets it apart
    
  • a day set aside for relaxing
    

• in a different direction
  • turn aside
    
  • turn away one's face
    
  • glanced away
    

• not taken into account or excluded from consideration
  • these problems apart, the country is doing well
    
  • all joking aside, I think you're crazy
    

• out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
  • brush the objections aside
    
  • pushed all doubts away
    

• on or to one side
  • step aside
    
  • stood aside to let him pass
    
  • threw the book aside
    
  • put her sewing aside when he entered
    

Noun

• a message that departs from the main subject

• a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  by , away , apart , digression , excursus , divagation , parenthesis