Definitions for others

others oth·er

Spelling: [uhth -er]
IPA: /ˈʌð ər/

Others is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 147 anagrams from letters in others (ehorst).

Definitions for others

noun

  1. the other one:
  2. (often initial capital letter). form, a group or member of a group that is perceived as different, foreign, strange, etc.: a person or thing that is the counterpart of someone or something else:

Idioms

  1. every other, every alternate:

adverb

  1. otherwise; differently (usually followed by than):

pronoun

  1. Usually, others. other persons or things:
  2. some person or thing else:

adjective

  1. additional or further:
  2. different or distinct from the one or ones already mentioned or implied:
  3. different in nature or kind:
  4. being the remaining one of two or more:
  5. (used with plural nouns) being the remaining ones of a number:
  6. former; earlier:
  7. not long past:

verb (used with object)

  1. to perceive or treat (a group or member of a group) as different, foreign, strange, etc.:

Origin of others

before 900; Middle English; Old English ōther (pronoun, adj., and noun); cognate with German ander, Gothic anthar; akin to Sanskrit antara-

Examples for others

The haughtiness of others can never make us angry, if we ourselves are humble.

The skateboarder is as irredeemably evil as the others are noble.

Some of these bright beings are speaking, and others are silent.

They were apart from the others and for the moment unnoticed.

And yet Dempsey and others have repeatedly said ISIS cannot be defeated militarily.

She was little concerned with the morality of her course as others might appraise it.

JSwipe definitely gives off less of a hookup vibe than others.

In the distance they could see the others following ghostly lamps.

We also have a language filled with distaste for the civilian “others.”

But in the days ahead he, his brother, and the others will be back in the street while their families worry at home.

Word Value for others
Scrable

9

Words with friends

8

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