sidelight

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: side=light

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sidelight, n.
1 a light from the side.
2 incidental information etc.
3 Brit. a light at the side of the front of a motor vehicle to warn of its presence.
4 Naut. the red port or green starboard light on a ship under way.

THESAURUS

sidelight

account, acquaintance, announcement, blue book, briefing, bulletin, communication, communique, data, datum, directory, dispatch, emanation, enlightenment, evidence, facts, factual information, familiarization, gen, general information, guidebook, handout, hard information, highlight, illumination, incidental information, info, information, instruction, intelligence, irradiance, irradiancy, irradiation, knowledge, light, light source, luminous energy, mention, message, notice, notification, photosensitivity, presentation, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, radiance, radiancy, radiant energy, radiation, release, report, statement, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, transmission, visible radiation, white book, white paper, word