Otherwise

//ˈʌð.ɚˌwaɪz//

Synonyms for "otherwise" (76 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Strong matches (22)

Adverb(1 words)
differently

Related words (38)

Adverb(1 words)
if not

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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derived

3 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

2 entries

related to

11 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

242 translations across 63 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • anders adv (under different circumstances)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • εἰ δὲ μή adv (differently, in another way)
  • εἰ δὲ μή γε adv (differently, in another way)
  • ἄλλως adv (differently, in another way)

Arabic

4 entries
  • خِلَافَ adv (differently, in another way)
  • خِلَافَ ذَلِك adv (differently, in another way)
  • عَكْس ذٰلِك adv (in all other respects)
  • عَكْسَ ذَلِك adv (differently, in another way)

Assamese

1 entries
  • নহ’লে adv (under different circumstances)

Basque

3 entries
  • beste modu batez adv (differently, in another way)
  • bestela adv (under different circumstances)
  • gainerakoan adv (in all other respects)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • іна́кш adv (differently, in another way)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • друг adj (other than supposed)
  • различен adj (other than supposed)
  • и́наче adv (differently, in another way)
  • ина́че adv (differently, in another way)

Catalan

4 entries
  • al contrari adj (other than supposed)
  • altrament adv (differently, in another way)
  • altrament adv (under different circumstances)
  • d'altra banda adv (in all other respects)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • ئەنا adv (under different circumstances)
  • ئەگینا adv (under different circumstances)
  • دەنا adv (under different circumstances)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 矛盾的 adj (other than supposed)
  • 反之 adv (differently, in another way)
  • 否則 /否则 adv (under different circumstances)
  • 除此之外 adv (in all other respects)

Czech

3 entries
  • jinak adv (differently, in another way)
  • jinak adv (under different circumstances)
  • jinak adv (in all other respects)

Danish

3 entries
  • anderledes adv (differently, in another way)
  • ellers adv (under different circumstances)
  • ellers adv (in all other respects)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afgezien van adv (in all other respects)
  • anders adv (differently, in another way)
  • anders adv (under different circumstances)
  • anderszins adv (differently, in another way)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • alikaze adv (under different circumstances)
  • alimaniere adv (differently, in another way)
  • aliokaze adv (under different circumstances)

Estonian

1 entries
  • teisiti adv (differently, in another way)

Finnish

4 entries
  • toisin adj (other than supposed)
  • muuten adv (under different circumstances)
  • muuten adv (in all other respects)
  • muutoin adv (under different circumstances)

French

4 entries
  • bien différent adj (other than supposed)
  • tout autre adj (other than supposed)
  • autrement adv (differently, in another way)
  • autrement adv (under different circumstances)

Galician

4 entries
  • agás adv (under different circumstances)
  • aliás adv (differently, in another way)
  • doutro xeito adv (differently, in another way)
  • erga adv (under different circumstances)

German

4 entries
  • andernfalls adv (under different circumstances)
  • anders adv (differently, in another way)
  • ansonsten adv (under different circumstances)
  • ansonsten adv (in all other respects)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 adv (differently, in another way)

Greek

2 entries
  • αλλιώς adv (differently, in another way)
  • ειδάλλως adv (under different circumstances)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אַחֶרֶת adv (differently, in another way)
  • אַחֶרֶת adv (under different circumstances)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अन्यथा adv (differently, in another way)
  • नहीं तो adv (differently, in another way)
  • वरना adv (under different circumstances)
  • वरना adv (in all other respects)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • amúgy adv (in all other respects)
  • egyébként adv (under different circumstances)
  • egyébként adv (in all other respects)
  • eltérően adv (differently, in another way)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • annars vegar adj (other than supposed)
  • á annan veg adj (other than supposed)
  • annars adv (under different circumstances)
  • annars adv (in all other respects)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • muites adv (under different circumstances)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • alteremente adv (in all other respects)

Italian

4 entries
  • a parte ciò adv (in all other respects)
  • altrimenti adv (differently, in another way)
  • altrimenti adv (under different circumstances)
  • differentemente adv (differently, in another way)

Japanese

4 entries
  • そうではないと adv (differently, in another way)
  • その他 adv (differently, in another way)
  • その他に adv (differently, in another way)
  • その他は adv (in all other respects)

Kamkata-vari

1 entries
  • nā́ bo adv (differently, in another way)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • әйтпесе adv (under different circumstances)

Laki

1 entries
  • ئەنی adv (under different circumstances)

Latin

4 entries
  • alioqui adv (differently, in another way)
  • aliter adv (differently, in another way)
  • aliter adv (under different circumstances)
  • cēterum adv (in all other respects)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • o šiaip adv (in all other respects)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • hynak adv (differently, in another way)

Marathi

2 entries
  • अन्यथा adv (differently, in another way)
  • नाहीतर adv (differently, in another way)

Māori

1 entries
  • pēnei adv (in all other respects)

Norman

2 entries
  • autrément adv (differently, in another way)
  • autrément adv (under different circumstances)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • annerledes adv (differently, in another way)
  • ellers adv (under different circumstances)
  • ellers adv (in all other respects)
  • for øvrig adv (in all other respects)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • annleis adv (differently, in another way)
  • elles adv (under different circumstances)
  • elles adv (in all other respects)

Persian

4 entries
  • در غیر این صورت adv (in all other respects)
  • دگرسان adv (differently, in another way)
  • والا adv (in all other respects)
  • وگرنه adv (under different circumstances)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • sonst (nds) adv (under different circumstances)

Polish

4 entries
  • inaczej adv (differently, in another way)
  • inaczej adv (under different circumstances)
  • poza tym adv (in all other respects)
  • w przeciwnym razie adv (under different circumstances)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • contrário adj (other than supposed)
  • em contrário adj (other than supposed)
  • de outra forma/maneira adv (differently, in another way)
  • de outro jeito/modo adv (differently, in another way)

Romanian

2 entries
  • altfel adv (differently, in another way)
  • altfel adv (under different circumstances)

Russian

4 entries
  • в други́х отноше́ниях adv (in all other respects)
  • впро́чем adv (in all other respects)
  • и́наче adv (differently, in another way)
  • и́наче adv (under different circumstances)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अन्यथा adv (differently, in another way)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • a chaochladh adj (other than supposed)
  • a chaochladh adv (differently, in another way)
  • a chaochladh adv (under different circumstances)
  • a chaochladh adv (in all other respects)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • drugačije adv (differently, in another way)
  • inače adv (under different circumstances)
  • inače adv (in all other respects)
  • suprotno adv (differently, in another way)

Slovak

4 entries
  • iný adj (other than supposed)
  • inak adv (differently, in another way)
  • inak adv (under different circumstances)
  • inak adv (in all other respects)

Slovene

4 entries
  • drugače adv (differently, in another way)
  • razen tega adv (in all other respects)
  • sicer adv (under different circumstances)
  • sicer adv (in all other respects)

Spanish

4 entries
  • contrario adj (other than supposed)
  • aparte de esto adv (in all other respects)
  • de lo contrario adv (under different circumstances)
  • de otra manera adv (differently, in another way)

Swedish

4 entries
  • annars adv (under different circumstances)
  • annars adv (in all other respects)
  • annorlunda adv (differently, in another way)
  • i annat fall adv (under different circumstances)

Tamil

4 entries
  • இல்லையென்றால் adv (under different circumstances)
  • மற்றப்படி adv (in all other respects)
  • மற்றும்படி adv (in all other respects)
  • வேறு மாதிரி adv (differently, in another way)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • གཞན་དུ adv (under different circumstances)
  • གཞན་ན adv (under different circumstances)
  • གཞན་ཡང adv (under different circumstances)
  • དེ་མིན adv (under different circumstances)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • āläm adv (differently, in another way)

Turkish

2 entries
  • aksi adv (differently, in another way)
  • yoksa adv (under different circumstances)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • в і́ншому ви́падку adv (under different circumstances)
  • втім adv (in all other respects)
  • іна́кше adv (differently, in another way)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • hinak adv (differently, in another way)

Urdu

3 entries
  • ورنہ adv (under different circumstances)
  • ورنہ adv (in all other respects)
  • وگرنہ adv (in all other respects)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bằng không adv (under different circumstances)

Welsh

1 entries
  • fel arall adv (differently, in another way)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַנדערש adv (differently, in another way)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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Hurry up, otherwise you'll be late for lunch.

Source: tatoeba (19697)

Otherwise we will have to cancel this order.

Source: tatoeba (30598)

Even if you know the truth, you had better pretend otherwise at present.

Source: tatoeba (31087)

Now that I'm a grownup, I think otherwise.

Source: tatoeba (31352)

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