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Synonyms & Antonyms for else
Synonyms: Adverb
differently, other (than), otherwise
Synonyms: Adjective
added, additional, another, farther, fresh, further, more, other
Antonyms: Adverb
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Examples of else in a Sentence
Adverb
We decided to go someplace else for dinner. if you could do it over again, how else would you have done it?Adjective
is there anything else you would like to add to your list?
Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
And then there’s the constant societal pressures: from the black community to protect and provide for family; from everyone else to dress a certain way, to talk a certain way, to do everything possible to not risk seeming aggressive. — San Francisco Chronicle, "Rashad Armstead fills a bag of French fries at his restaurant, Grammie's Down-Home Chicken, in Oakland.," 30 Aug. 2019 The arrival of America's favorite sport on television brings with it something else people love: the Sunday Night Football theme song. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "Carrie Underwood’s 'Sunday Night Football' Theme Song Is Changing Again This Year," 28 Aug. 2019 Here’s an even bigger Big Question: Who got ignored because Epstein helped shine a light on someone else? — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "Jeffrey Epstein and the Power of Networks," 27 Aug. 2019 Unfortunately, this was not the first time that a celebrity of color was mistakenly identified as someone else. — Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, "Adut Akech Was Mistakenly Identified as Flavia Lazarus in an Australian Magazine," 26 Aug. 2019 At trial, Milonis’ defense was that someone else caused the fatal crash. — Ramona Sentinel, "Milonis gets 34 years to life for DUI crash that killed pregnant woman," 26 Aug. 2019 But the scenes Disney does let out the bag are ... something else. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "We Need to Talk About Rey in the New 'Rise of Skywalker' Trailer," 26 Aug. 2019 Instead of alerting the authorities (someone else does, because sirens can be heard minutes later), Clay rushes outside to try and talk Tyler out of the shooting. — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, "Tyler's 13 Reasons Why Season 2 Struggle Isn't Going To Just Go Away In Season 3," 24 Aug. 2019 Will the police trace it back to them or will someone else get blamed for it all? — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, "Here's Everything We Know About "13 Reasons Why" Season 4 So Far," 23 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Hurts, Eason and Fromm have something else in common, in that none of them started their team’s first game of the year (Greyson Lambert started Georgia’s 2016 opener, while redshirt freshman Blake Barnett took the first snap for Alabama that year). — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, "AL.com All-Access: How good will Auburn’s quarterbacks be in 2019?," 1 Aug. 2019 Like all of their Blizzards, the new addition will indeed remain in place when turned upside down, and will be served upside down—or else customers will receive the next one free. — Matt Mcnulty, PEOPLE.com, "Dairy Queen Launches New Galaxy-Inspired Oreo Blizzard with 'Sparkly Cosmic Swirls'," 25 June 2019 And that’s too bad, because these latest sequel flops have something else in common. — Jesse Hassenger, The Verge, "Men in Black: International and Shaft show the limits of modern film franchises," 21 June 2019 Vegetarians should order something else or stick to the drinks. — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, "52 Weeks of Burgers: Hawks Burger Bar," 14 June 2019 Nothing else catches us up in such singleness of purpose or gives us so righteous a high. — Fred Niedner, Post-Tribune, "D-Day recollections remind us of horrors of war," 7 June 2019 Her desire to be somebody else — anybody else — is really telling. — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, "‘Claws’ Episode 3 recap: 5 things to know about ‘Russian Navy’ and the sinking of the S.S. Jen," 25 June 2018 Something else The Wing has over your typical campaign rally audience? — Jessica Wakeman, Glamour, "How The Wing Became a Secret Weapon For Midterm Candidates," 30 Oct. 2018 Maddie and Kailand also have something else in common besides being famous people in Hollywood: Both have siblings who are competing on the current season of Dancing With the Stars: Juniors — Mandla Morris and Mackenzie Ziegler. — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, "Maddie Ziegler and Stevie Wonder's Son Kailand Morris Are Reportedly Dating," 30 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'else.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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