| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in another way; alternatively |
| Synonyms: | any other way, contrarily, differently, diversely, elseways, if not, in different circumstances, on the other hand, or else, or then, under other conditions, variously |
| Main Entry: | besides |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in addition; as well |
| Synonyms: | added to, additionally, along with, also, and all, apart from, as well as, aside from, beyond, conjointly, else, exceeding, exclusive of, extra, further, furthermore, in conjunction with, in distinction to, in excess of, in other respects, likewise, more, more than, moreover, not counting, on the side, on top of everything, other than, otherwise, over and above, plus, secondly, supplementary to, to boot, together with, too, what's more, with the exception of, yet |
| Notes: | beside is a preposition meaning 'next to, alongside, by the side of'; besides is a conjunction or adverb meaning 'in addition, moreover, at the same time' or 'also' but it does not mean 'alternatively' |
| Main Entry: | different |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dissimilar, unlike |
| Synonyms: | a far cry from, altered, antithetic, at odds, at variance, changed, clashing, colorful, contradistinct, contradistinctive, contrary, contrasting, contrastive, deviating, differential, discrepant, disparate, distant, distinct, distinctive, divergent, divers, diverse, incommensurable, incomparable, inconsistent, individual, like night and day, mismatched, mismated, offbeat, opposed, other, otherwise, particular, peculiar, poles apart, single, unalike, unequal, unrelated, unsimilar, variant, various |
| Antonyms: | alike, correspondent, homogeneous, like, resembling, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | other |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | different |
| Synonyms: | contrasting, disparate, dissimilar, distant, distinct, divergent, diverse, opposite, otherwise, remaining, separate, unalike, unequal, unlike, unrelated, variant |
| Antonyms: | coinciding, same, similar |
| Main Entry: | or |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | either |
| Synonyms: | alternative, else, ere, instead, oppositely, otherwise, rather, substitute, uncertainty |