'Else' definitions:
Definition of 'Else'
From: GCIDE
- Else \Else\, adv. & conj.
- 1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different. [1913 Webster]
- For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. --Ps. li. 16. [1913 Webster]
- Note: After `or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. "Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Else'
From: GCIDE
- Else \Else\, a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. [aum]ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. ?. Cf. Alias, Alien.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? "Bastards and else." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. "A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case." --G. Eliot. "A suit of clothes like everybody else's." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'else'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- above,
- added,
- additionally,
- again,
- alias,
- all included,
- also,
- altogether,
- among other things,
- and all,
- and also,
- and so,
- another,
- as well,
- au reste,
- beside,
- besides,
- beyond,
- contrarily,
- elsewise,
- en plus,
- extra,
- farther,
- for lagniappe,
- fresh,
- further,
- furthermore,
- in addition,
- in other respects,
- in other ways,
- inter alia,
- into the bargain,
- item,
- likewise,
- more,
- moreover,
- new,
- not that sort,
- not the same,
- not the type,
- of a sort,
- of another sort,
- of sorts,
- on the side,
- on top of,
- or else,
- other,
- other than,
- otherwise,
- over,
- peculiar,
- plus,
- rare,
- similarly,
- special,
- sui generis,
- than,
- then,
- therewith,
- to boot,
- too,
- unique,
- yet