'Besides' definitions:
Definition of 'besides'
From: WordNet
adverb
Making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her" [syn: besides, in any case]
adverb
Definition of 'Besides'
From: GCIDE
- Besides \Be*sides"\, Beside \Be*side"\, adv. [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending -s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.]
- 1. On one side. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. [1913 Webster]
- The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ? --Gen. xix. 12. [1913 Webster]
- To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a C[ae]sar dead. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Note: These sentences may be considered as elliptical. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Besides'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'besides'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- above and beyond,
- added,
- additionally,
- along,
- along with,
- also,
- apart from,
- as well,
- as well as,
- aside from,
- bar,
- barring,
- beside,
- beyond,
- but,
- else,
- except for,
- excepting,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- farther,
- further,
- furthermore,
- in addition,
- in addition to,
- into the bargain,
- likewise,
- more,
- moreover,
- new,
- not counting,
- other,
- other than,
- otherwise,
- outside of,
- over and above,
- save,
- then,
- to boot,
- together with,
- too,
- yet