'side effect' definitions:
Definition of 'side effect'
From: WordNet
noun
A secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy; "severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug"
noun
Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal" [syn: side effect, fallout]
Synonyms of 'side effect'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accession,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adjunct,
- adjuvant,
- afterbirth,
- afterclap,
- aftercrop,
- aftereffect,
- afterglow,
- aftergrowth,
- afterimage,
- aftermath,
- afterpain,
- aftertaste,
- annex,
- annexation,
- appanage,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- attachment,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- by-product,
- coda,
- complement,
- concomitant,
- continuation,
- corollary,
- effect,
- extension,
- extrapolation,
- fixture,
- increase,
- increment,
- offshoot,
- pendant,
- placenta,
- reaction,
- reinforcement,
- response,
- secundines,
- side issue,
- supplement,
- tailpiece,
- undergirding