Other

conj.	1.	Either; - used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). Other of chalk, other of glass. - Chaucer.
pron. & a.	1.
	1.	Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two. Each of them made other for to win. - Chaucer. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. - Matt. v. 39.
	2.	Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
	3.	Alternate; second; - used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
	4.	Left, as opposed to right. A distaff in her other hand she had. - Spenser. Other some some others. The other day at a certain time past, not distant, but indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day past. Bind my hair up: as 't was yesterday? No, nor t' other day. - B. Jonson.
adv.	1.	Otherwise.

Adj.	1.	other - 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" Antonyms: same - same in identity; "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
	2.	other - further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no other shoes"; "there are other possibilities" Synonyms: extra, additional
	3.	other - recently past; "the other evening"
	4.	other - of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" Synonyms: early, former
	5.	other - very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow

accessory, accident, accidental, added, addendum, addition, adjunct, alien, ancillary, another, apart, appendage, appurtenance, autre chose, auxiliary, collateral, contingency, contingent, contributory, detached, different story, different thing, disconnected, discrete, disjunct, disparate, disrelated, dissimilar, dissociated, distant, divergent, diverse, else, exotic, extraneous, farther, foreign, fresh, further, happenstance, incidental, incommensurable, incomparable, independent, inessential, insular, irrelative, isolated, mere chance, more, no such thing, nonessential, not that sort, not the same, not the type, not-self, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, other than, otherwise, outlandish, peculiar, plus, quite another thing, rare, removed, renewed, secondary, segregate, separate, separated, something else, something else again, spare, special, strange, subsidiary, sui generis, superaddition, supernumerary, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, ulterior, unaffiliated, unalike, unallied, unassociated, unconnected, unequal, unessential, unique, unlike, unrelatable, unrelated

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