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

That all stopped once the dreaded *69 was invented, and with just three buttons people could discover who was on the other end of the line. —Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026

The driver of the other car Josue Levi Cuevas Santana, 24, of Lawrence, faces criminal charges, including negligent operation, speeding, using a mobile device while driving, and failure to move over for an emergency vehicle. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026

Earlier this week, the UN Refugee agency said a significant number of residents had left Al-Hol camp, the other major detention camp in Syria, and that the Syrian government plans to relocate them. —Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026

One of the victims was struck in the knee, while the other was shot in the arm and suffered a graze wound to the abdomen, police said. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the other

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