other

other is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as conjunction, pronoun & adjective, adverb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 7 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. conjunction. Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
2. pronoun & adjective. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
3. pronoun & adjective. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
4. pronoun & adjective. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
5. pronoun & adjective. Left, as opposed to right.
6. adverb. Otherwise.
7. adjective. very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected- Lance Morrow

   "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"

8. adjective. belonging to the distant past

   "the early inhabitants of Europe"

   "former generations"

   Synonyms: early, former

9. adjective. recently past

   "the other evening"

10. adjective. not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied- the White Queen

    "today isn't any other day"

    "the construction of highways and other public works"

Synonyms

early, former

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in other:

theor, thore, throe, toher

Common word forms

others, othered, otherest, othering, otherness

Words from these letters

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