Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
other (adjective)1.
a) being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included - held on with one hand and waved with the other one
b) being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied - taller than the other boys
c) - second every other day
2.
not the same - different any other color would have been better something other than it seems to be
3.
- additional sold in the United States and 14 other countries
4.
a) recently past - the other evening
b) - former in other times
5.
disturbingly or threateningly different - alien exotic
1.
a) one that remains of two or more
b) a thing opposite to or excluded by something else - went from one side to the other nature as the other of culture
2.
a different or additional one - the others came later
3.
a) one (as another person) that is psychologically differentiated from the self
b) often capitalized one considered by members of a dominant group as alien, exotic, threatening, or inferior (as because of different racial, sexual, or cultural characteristics)
1.
obsolete
a) one of two that remains
b) each preceding one
2.
a different or additional one - something or other
- otherwise used with than was unable to see them other than by going to their home
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
other (adjective)1.
being not of the same kind
SYNONIMS:
disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse, nonidentical, other, unalike, unlikeRELATED WORDS:
divers, miscellaneous, mixed, several, sundry, variant, varied, various; differentiable, discriminable; alternate, alternative, individual, particular, peculiar, single; disproportionate, divergent, unequalNEAR ANTONYMS:
equal, selfsame; equivalent, tantamount; akin, analogous, comparable, homological, homologous, related; homogeneous, homogenous, uniform2.
resulting in an increase in amount or number
SYNONIMS:
added, another, else, farther, fresh, further, more, otherRELATED WORDS:
accessory, adjunct, collateral, extraneous, peripheral, side, supplemental, supplementary; new; excess, extra, plus, spare, supernumerary, supervenient, surplus; complementary, contributoryNEAR ANTONYMS:
fewer, less3.
having been such at some previous time
SYNONIMS:
erstwhile, late, old, once, onetime, other, past, quondam, sometime, whilomRELATED WORDS:
bygone, dead, defunct, departed, expired, extinct, gone, long-ago, vanishedNEAR ANTONYMS:
contemporary, current, extant, ongoing, present, present-day; coming, future, prospective, unbornin a different way
SYNONIMS:
differently, else, other (than)RELATED WORDS:
dissimilarly, diversely, variouslyNEAR ANTONYMS:
similarly