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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
To the left side
Nouns
1. left, sinistrality, sinistration; left hand, left side, near side; port[side], larboard; verso. Informal, wrong side.
2. left wing, radical (see change); liberal, progressive.
3. lefthander. Slang, lefty, southpaw, portsider.
Verbs — be left-handed; turn left; have two left feet. Slang, hang a louie, louis, or ralph.
Adjectives
1. left, sinister, sinistrous, left-hand[ed], awkward, near, port[side], larboard[ed]; counterclockwise.
2. left wing, radical, liberal, progressive.
3. left-handed. Slang, southpaw.
Adverbs — port, larboard; left-handedly, leftward[s]. Informal, from left field (unexpectedly or unfairly).
Quotations — Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth (Bible).
Antonyms, see right.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Opposite to right]
Syn. leftward, left-hand, near, sinister, sinistral, sinistrous, larboard, port, portside, nigh side*.
Ant. right*, right-hand, starboard.
2. [Remaining]
Syn. staying, continuing, over; see extra , remaining 2 .
3. [Radical]
Syn. left-wing, liberal, progressive; see liberal 2 , radical 2 , revolutionary 1 .
4. [Departed]
Syn. gone out, taken a powder*, split*; see gone 1 .
See Synonym Study at liberal . n.
Syn. left hand, left side, port, larboard, sinister, portside, verso.

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