Definitions

shoulder to shoulder

ADVERB

abreast

Synonyms

WEAK

beside equal in alignment in line level opposite side by side

Antonyms

WEAK

lost out of touch unaware

ADVERB

cheek by jowl

Synonyms

WEAK

arm in arm beside one another by the side of cheek to cheek close close together crowded hand in glove hand in hand on one side side by side very intimate yardarm to yardarm

ADVERB

side by side

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collectively in tandem jointly simultaneously together

STRONG

unitedly

WEAK

all together as one at one fell swoop coincidentally commonly concertedly concomitantly concurrently conjointly contemporaneously en masse hand in glove hand in hand in a body in concert in cooperation

Antonyms

WEAK

apart individually separately

Example Sentences

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His father, the old radical, responds: “There is something good about being in the crowd, about being comrades, shoulder to shoulder with others. And I think there is also something absolutely destructive about it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Three days after the Lurgan Park rally where McCullagh stood shoulder to shoulder with the McNallys, his house was raided.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Compared to even last summer, it’s much quieter now, with fewer customers looking for bargains and crowding shoulder to shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

“We were living shoulder to shoulder in the suburbs and thought that’s not how we want our kids to grow up,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

One rainy fall evening in 1857, a crowd of men and women sat shoulder to shoulder at her New Jersey hosts’ parlor table.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

shoulder to shoulder

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