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other

/ˈɐðə/
noun
  1. An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.

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

  2. The other one; the second of two.

    "One boat is not better than the other."

verb
  1. To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.

  2. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

adjective
  1. See other (determiner) below

  2. Second.

    "I get paid every other week."

  3. Alien.

Synonymsforeign, different, disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, distinguishable
Antonymssame
adverb
  1. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".

    "Other than that, I'm fine."

  2. Otherwise.

    "If you think other. — Shakespeare."

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