other meaning and definition

OTHER adjective

Definition of other (adjective)

1. not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
   • "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"
   • antonym: same
2. recently past
   • "the other evening"
3. belonging to the distant past
   • "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
   • synonyms: early, former
4. very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected
   • "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow