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Synonyms for Otherwise
ˈʌð ərˌwaɪzoth·er·wise
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Wiktionary
otherwiseadverb
Antonyms:
likewiseotherwiseadverb
Other than supposed, different.
He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise.
Synonyms:
contrastingly, contrarilyAntonyms:
likewiseotherwiseadverb
In different circumstances; or else.
Synonyms:
else, if, or else, notAntonyms:
likewiseotherwiseadverb
In all other respects.
He prayed to Neptune every day. Otherwise he behaved rationally.
Synonyms:
apart fromAntonyms:
likewise
Princeton's WordNet
otherwiseadverb
other than as supposed or expected
"the outcome was otherwise"
Antonyms:
sameotherwiseadverb
in other respects or ways
"he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"
Synonyms:
other than, differentlyAntonyms:
samedifferently, otherwise, other thanadverb
in another and different manner
"very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape";
Synonyms:
other than, differently, otherwiseAntonyms:
same
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "otherwise":
differently, else, alternatively, elsewhere, incidentally, other
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #17 | not | |
| #37 | if | |
| #46 | other | |
| #833 | else | |
| #1545 | otherwise | |
| #4598 | elsewhere | |
| #8898 | differently | |
| #9508 | alternatively | |
| #21166 | incidentally | |
| #170805 | contrarily |
How to use Otherwise in a sentence?
Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal.
Moving forward, prosecutors, agents and analysts will now assess at each stage of a cyber investigation whether to use disruptive actions against cyber threats even if they might otherwise tip the cybercriminals off and jeopardize the potential for charges and arrests.
If I had been thinking about that, worrying about that, which I kind of had for a long time I would have never done what was sort of innately in my heart, in my soul, so I had to stop being worried about that, it was too intimidating otherwise.
Otherwise healthy women sometimes start to have symptoms—a swollen leg, or shortness of breath, or chest pain—and people will often blow it off.
If you can pay for it, you just take it; otherwise you can't go anywhere.
Translations for Otherwise
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- عكس ذلكArabic
- altramentCatalan, Valencian
- jinakCzech
- andernfalls, ansonsten, sonst, andersGerman
- αλλιώςGreek
- aliokaze, alimaniere, alikazeEsperanto
- fuera de eso, si no, por otra parte, por lo demás, de lo contrario, aparte de esto, de otra maneraSpanish
- در غیر این صورتPersian
- muutoin, muuten, toisinFinnish
- pour le reste, autrement, sinonFrench
- a chaochladhScottish Gaelic
- नहीं तोHindi
- The translation of "otherwise" to Hungarian is "különben."Hungarian
- alterementeInterlingua
- in altre circostanze, differentemente, a parte ciò, per altri aspettiItalian
- その他, さもなくば, 他の点ではJapanese
- ئهگیناKurdish
- anders, anderszinsDutch
- poza tym, inaczejPolish
- em contrário, [[de]] [[outro]] [[jeito]]/[[modo]], [[fora]] [[isso]], senão, contrário, diferentemente, no mais, diferente, [[de]] [[outra]] [[forma]]/[[maneira]]Portuguese
- в прочем, в противном случае, в других отношениях, иначеRussian
- suprotnoSerbo-Croatian
- annorlunda, annars, i annat fall, i övrigtSwedish
- aksi takdirdeTurkish
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