the others

plural noun

: all the members of a group except the person or thing that has already been mentioned

He got a drink of water while the others continued playing.

This car got better gas mileage than the others we tested.

Examples of the others in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Branson retained one for his family and sold the others to private owners who share ownership of the island’s common property. — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Wings coach Jose Fernandez said Fudd is probably ahead of the others on the comeback trail. — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Make the first right on the man who permitted the heads of rebelling slaves to be put on stakes and spread across the city in order to prevent the others from getting any ideas. — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

The big cats bound for Colorado will fly through Chile, while the others will travel to Johannesburg via Frankfurt or Amsterdam before a four-hour drive to Lionsrock. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the others

• grandmothers
• brothers
• mothers
• smothers