Synonyms for other
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Different
different, unlike, disparate, dissimilar, miscellaneous, strange, diverse, distinguishable, distinctive, unalike, sundry dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
See other (determiner) below.
Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.
- adj. 2
Second.
I get paid every other week.
Related words
Example sentences
- different Who she saw was not herself but a different woman.
- unlike Unlike the rest of us, Tom can do that quite well.
- dissimilar My preferences are very dissimilar to yours.
- else I don't have anything else to do but wait for you.
- foreign The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| other | steady | |
| different | rising | |
| unlike | rising | |
| disparate | rising | |
| dissimilar | steady | |
| else | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- new1
- 4 letters
- else1
- 5 letters
- early2
- 6 letters
- second2, former2, unlike2, sundry2
- 7 letters
- foreign2, strange1, diverse2, unalike
- 9 letters
- different3, otherwise3, alternate3, disparate3
- 10 letters
- additional4, dissimilar4
- 11 letters
- distinctive3
- 13 letters
- miscellaneous5
- 15 letters
- distinguishable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (early2 = 2 syllables).