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

The bodies of two of the family's children were found months after the disappearance, but the other members never turned up. —CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026

There are guys in Jubilee who play mandolin, piano, banjo, and ukulele, and one of the other men’s houses, Bonaventure, has a folk band in the mold of the Hillbilly Thomists, a Catholic cult favorite. —Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

With the other two tranches of cash, these funds would roughly equal 15% of Hungary's GDP, according to an analysis by Jeremy Cliffe at the European Council on Foreign Relations. —ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026

Neither made any attempt to hide their contempt for the other from the media or the public. —Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the other

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