others
The remaining ones
Others refers to additional or remaining people or things beyond those already mentioned or implied: Some agreed, others didn't.
It often contrasts with a first group: She cares more about others than herself.
The others specifically identifies a known remaining set: Where are the others?
To other someone is to treat them as fundamentally different or alien, usually in ways that exclude or marginalize.
Separate, distinct people
- personsIndividual humans, plural
- folksPeople in general
- everybodyAll persons collectively
- someoneUnnamed individual
anyone · peers · acquaintances · strangers · neighbors · colleagues · associates · classmates
People unknown to you
- foreignersPeople from elsewhere
- aliensBeings from other worlds
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
expatriates · visitors · newcomers · outcasts · pariahs · misfits · outliers · exclusion
Not the same
- variedDiffering in type
- assortedOf various sorts
- diverseOf many types
- heterogeneousConsisting of dissimilar elements
pluralism · multiculturalism · inclusivity · variety · spectrum · mosaic · eclectic · distinctiveness
Assembled collection of things
- collectiveJointly organized group
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
assembly · association · guild · club · fraternity · cooperative · alliance · partnership
Readiness to give freely
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- empathySharing another's emotions
kindness · benevolence · consideration · thoughtfulness · helpfulness · sharing · giving · sacrifice
individuals
Separate, distinct people
someone · anyone · peers · acquaintances · strangers · neighbors · colleagues · associates · classmates · teammates
strangers
People unknown to you
- foreignersPeople from elsewhere
- aliensBeings from other worlds
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
refugees · expatriates · visitors · newcomers · outcasts · pariahs · misfits · outliers · exclusion · marginalization
different
Not the same
heterogeneous · pluralism · multiculturalism · inclusivity · variety · spectrum · mosaic · eclectic · distinctiveness · dissimilar
group
Assembled collection of things
- collectiveJointly organized group
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
congregation · assembly · association · guild · club · fraternity · cooperative · alliance · partnership · network
generosity
Readiness to give freely
- selflessnessPrioritizing others over oneself
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- compassionConcern for others' distress
empathy · kindness · benevolence · consideration · thoughtfulness · helpfulness · sharing · giving · sacrifice · service
- 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
other, brother, another, otherwise, each other, otherworldly, othering, othered, otherness