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

One person was killed in Gaza City, while the other was killed when a strike hit tents in Muwasi, according to Shifa and Nasser hospitals. — Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026

This family, known, and the other family or families, unknown. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

One had roughly 180,000 followers, while the other had fewer than 30,000. — Sergi Cerrato, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Among the other cases Weiss highlighted in his latest application was one for an emergency motion to change custody based on a parent’s arrest for open carrying a firearm. — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the other

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