| Abreast 1. (adv.) Side by side; also, up to date; as, keeping abreast of current events. 2. (adv.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of. 3. (adv.) Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science. 4. (adv.) At the same time; simultaneously. Thesaurus Entries abeam, acquainted, along by, alongside, au courant, au fait, beside, by, coextensively, collaterally, contemporary, conversant, equidistantly, in parallel, informed, nondivergently, parallelly, parallelwise, red-hot, side-by-side, up, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, versed |