other
The different one
Left out and leftover.
While also a noun or pronoun, other is most often an adjective, where it suggests the idea of “more than one” because other designates the one remaining, not included, not chosen, not mentioned, or not present.
It is often followed by a plural noun because singular nouns can be characterized with another.
Other has also developed idiomatic meanings, such as every other (meaning alternate, as in every other week), and recent (as in I saw him the other day).
Cessation of activity
- remainderWhat's left over
- leftoverFood saved after meals
- residualWhat remains afterward
- outstandingExceptionally good or unpaid
surviving · additional · else · more · further · balance · surplus · extra
As a replacement
- alternativelyBy another choice
- substituteReplacement for another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- optionAvailable course of action
choice · different · else · backup · fallback · plan B · or · nor
Additional, beyond necessary
- supplementaryServing to complete
- moreAdditional quantity
- furtherTo a greater degree
- addedIncluded as extra
auxiliary · secondary · ancillary · supplemental · spare · reserve · backup · surplus
Unusual or unfamiliar
- unknownNot yet discovered
- foreignFrom another nation
- alienNon-native being
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
novel · unaccustomed · unrecognized · unexplored · mysterious · peculiar · unfamiliar · new
Beyond the boundary
- beyondFarther than something
- externalLocated on outside
- foreignFrom another nation
- extrinsicNot inherent or essential
outward · peripheral · elsewhere · distant · removed · apart · away · detached
Not similar
- unlikeNot similar to
- contrastingShowing striking differences
- divergentDeviating from the norm
- disparateEssentially different in kind
distinct · separate · unrelated · varied · diverse · heterogeneous · nonidentical · differentiated
rest
Cessation of activity
outstanding · surviving · additional · else · more · further · balance · surplus · extra · outstanding
instead
As a replacement
- alternativelyBy another choice
- substituteReplacement for another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
option · choice · different · else · backup · fallback · plan B · or · nor · swap
extra
Additional, beyond necessary
- supplementaryServing to complete
- moreAdditional quantity
- furtherTo a greater degree
added · auxiliary · secondary · ancillary · supplemental · spare · reserve · backup · surplus · incremental
strange
Unusual or unfamiliar
exotic · novel · unaccustomed · unrecognized · unexplored · mysterious · peculiar · unfamiliar · new · different
outside
Beyond the boundary
extrinsic · outward · peripheral · elsewhere · distant · removed · apart · away · detached · separate
dissimilar
Not similar
- unlikeNot similar to
- contrastingShowing striking differences
- divergentDeviating from the norm
disparate · distinct · separate · unrelated · varied · diverse · heterogeneous · nonidentical · differentiated · changed
- Basic English Wordswho, what, when, where, why
- gender optionsmale, female, non-binary, nonbinary, intersex
- othernessstranger, foreigner, outsider, alien, differentness
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- pronounsI, me, him, he, my
- literary termsmetaphor, character analysis, symbolism, prologue, epilogue
othersame
Identical in nature
identical · selfsame · one and the same · equivalent · indistinguishable
- each otherReciprocal reference phrase
- the other dayRecent past, unspecified
- on the other handPhrase introducing contrast
- every otherEach second one
- in other wordsRestating for clarity
- other sideContrary position or location
another, others, otherwise, other side, each other, otherworldly, othering, othered, otherness