the other

noun

1

: the person or thing that remains or that has not been shown or mentioned yet

I held on with one hand and waved with the other.

Each of them looked at the other.

2

: an opposite place or thing

We moved from one side of town to the other.

Examples of the other in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While one pair checked most of my boxes, the other was made from recycled materials and donated a portion of each purchase to charity. —Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

With that rousing call to action, more than two thousand people followed Rustin, Coretta, and the other speakers out of the Garden for a midnight march to United Nations Plaza. —Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026

Police arrested Lu hours after the shooting and were able to identify Huynh, Le and Alsouqui as the other occupants of the car during the shooting. —Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026

Supporters expect the other measures to be introduced in the coming weeks. —Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for the other

• another
• godmother
• grandmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother
• brother
• mother
• nother
• smother
• souther