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

Mitigation means sailing between Charybdis and Scylla – where one path, no mitigation, will hurt everyone and the other, aggressive mitigation, would require some to pay the tremendous costs to save everyone else. — Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Paulina even allows the other girls (except Nana) to throw their hats in the ring. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Both Araghchi and Waltz accused the other's country of engaging in negotiations only to violate their terms. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

In February, 2005, a man named Joe Sullivan was returning home to Montrose, a town north of Ridgway, after watching his daughter play in a high-school basketball game on the other side of the San Juans. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the other

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