other Meaning & Definition

Synonyms of Other

Antonyms of Other

Other in a Sentence

Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.

I get paid every other week.

I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.

Show me one other.

One boat is not better than the other.

Why not tell one or other of your parents?

Earning less than $2,000 a month, I have no other source of income except for gifts from relatives.

held on with one hand and waved with the other one

taller than the other boys

every other day

any other color would have been better

something other than it seems to be

sold in the U.S. and 14 other countries

the other evening

in other times

the others came later

went from one side to the other

nature as the other of culture

something or other

… we trace how in small rural communities these processes of othering the poor are racialized.

You go in and don't have to go some dark, scary corner for the plus-size section. It can make you feel like you're not being othered and dehumanized.

no, I need the other pen, the blue one

we'll be taking one other person on the trip

I was something of a celebrity in other days

we cannot make it to the party other than by canceling the previous engagement

any other color would have been better / something other than it seems to be

went from one side to the other / nature as the other of culture

… we trace how in small rural communities these processes of othering the poor are racialized. / You go in and don't have to go some dark, scary corner for the plus-size section. It can make you feel like you're not being othered and dehumanized.

Word Forms & Grammar

other

Other

Others

others

oth·ered

oth·er·ing

oth·er·ing noun

othered

othering

other (than)

other than

other (not comparable)

other (plural others)

other (third-person singular simple present others, present participle othering, simple past and past participle othered)

Words That Rhyme With Other

Origin of Other

Origin 1: Middle English, from Old English ōther; akin to Old High German andar other, Sanskrit antara

Origin 2: see other:1

Origin 3: From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).

Origin 4: Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, “second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”).

Origin 5: French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.

First Known Use

before 12th century

13th century

1985