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

When viewers focus on one gear, the other, as seen through peripheral vision, appears to spin faster — though both are moving at the same speed. — Margaret Hetherman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Delegations from the other Middle Eastern countries sought to avoid further turmoil in the region. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Bryant alleged that police relied on the other man’s phone recording without adequately investigating what preceded it. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Instead of matching one rim to the other point by point, in the same order, the twist allowed the researchers to reverse the order of preferences around one of the rims — making the cycles equivalent. — Alex Stone, Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the other

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