Word Type

Proper Noun

Conjunction

Adverb

Adjective

The word "else" can be used as proper noun, conjunction, adverb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Nowhere Else all else being equal all else the same anybody else anyone else anyplace else anything else anywhere else dangling else elif elsehow elseness elseward elseweb elsewhat elsewhen elsewhence elsewhere elsewhither elsewho elsewhom elsewise elseworld everybody else everyone else everywhere else if all else fails if nothing else if-then-else like nobody else most else much else nobody else nothing else nothing else for it nowhen else or else somebody else someone else someplace else something else somewhere else what else what else is new

Distinct From

if

Context

computing follows interrogative adverbs used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns

Type Of (IsA)

river

Related Terms

and if not or then

Related Terms

addition alternative and condition conditional conditional construct construct for if if not if then not option or or else or option other otherwise then threat warning

Synonym Network

other otherwise

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.