else
Besides all that
Else is an important function word that also carries the idea of other or alternative.
As an adjective it is placed after a word beginning with some- or any-: Does anyone else want to go with us? I would really like to live somewhere else.
The combinations anything else and nothing else are used talk about any or no additional thing: Is there anything else you need from the store? Or else introduces a necessary alternative if what comes before it does not work: Hurry up or else we’ll go without you.
As a replacement
- alternativelyBy another choice
- orChoice-linking conjunction
- differentNot the same
- anotherOne more of something
other · substitute · option · fallback · replacement · backup · surrogate · stand-in
Additional quantity
- besidesIn addition to
- furthermoreWord adding more points
- alsoWord meaning "in addition"
- additionallyIn a supplementary way
extra · supplementary · beyond · further · too · moreover · plus · as well
instead
As a replacement
- alternativelyBy another choice
- orChoice-linking conjunction
- differentNot the same
another · other · substitute · option · fallback · replacement · backup · surrogate · stand-in · proxy
more
Additional quantity
- besidesIn addition to
- furthermoreWord adding more points
- alsoWord meaning "in addition"
additionally · extra · supplementary · beyond · further · too · moreover · plus · as well · other
different
Not the same
nobody · nothing · anyone · everyone · everything · nowhere · whoever · whatever · wherever · somehow
if not
Conditional alternative phrase
- failing thatIf unsuccessful, then
- lestIn case that
- unlessExcept if
then · should · were it not · barring · except · save · but for · absent · without · in case
elsesame
Identical in nature
likewise · similarly · aforementioned · this · selfsame
elseonly
Exclusively, nothing more
solely · exclusively · nothing more · merely · just
- someone elseAny other individual
- something elseAn unspecified alternative
- or elseImplied negative consequence
- somewhere elseA different location
- everyone elseAll other people
- anything elseAdditional matters unspecified