'Unless' definitions:
Definition of 'Unless'
From: GCIDE
- Unless \Un*less"\, conj. [Formerly, onles, onlesse, onlesse that, that is, in less, in a less case. See On, and Less.] Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious. [1913 Webster]
- Note: By the omission of the verb in the dependent clause, unless was frequently used prepositionally, -- a construction common in Shakespeare and still employed colloquially. [1913 Webster]
- Here nothing breeds unless the nightly owl. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aside from,
- bar,
- barring,
- beside,
- besides,
- but,
- ex,
- except,
- except for,
- except that,
- excepting,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- if not,
- leaving out,
- let alone,
- omitting,
- outside of,
- precluding,
- save,
- save and except,
- saving,
- than,
- unless that,
- were it not,
- without