elsewhere

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UK/ˌɛlsˈʍɛə/UK/ˌɛlsˈwɛə/US/ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/US/ˈɛlsˌwɛɹ/

adverb

Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.

“If you won’t serve us, we’ll go elsewhere.”

CommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adverbelsewhere (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSynonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.

    If you won’t serve us, we’ll go elsewhere.

    4 more examples

    These particular trees are not to be found elsewhere.

    Oh, had we some bright little isle of our own, / In a blue summer ocean far off and alone; / [...] / Where simply to feel that we breathe, that we live, / Is worth the best joys that life elsewhere can give.

    [1850?], Thomas Moore, “Had We Some Bright Little Isle of Our Own”, in W[illiam] M[ark] Clark, compiler, Clark’s Orphean Warbler. Containing a Choice Collection of Nearly Two Thousand Favourite Songs, Glees, Duets, &c., so Popular at the Present Time, as Sung at the Theatres, Public Concerts, &c., in London, London: Published by W. M. Clark, […], →OCLC, page 36

    He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.

    2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162

    Many monuments sold in the US are crafted from granite produced in China, India and elsewhere overseas, while a lot of stone-working equipment comes from Europe.

    2022 February 21, Tami Luhby, “Headstone makers struggle to serve grieving families as supply chain woes continue”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025

    Synonyms: somewhere else

nounelsewhere (plural elsewheres)

plural elsewheres

  1. Synonym of somewhere else: a place other than here.

    We are back on the Ligurian coast, from which vertigos push human beings toward all kinds of elsewheres.

    2000, Angela M Jeannet, Under the radiant sun and the crescent moon: Italo Calvino's storytelling

    Synonyms: somewhere else

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbSynonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.

nounSynonym of somewhere else: a place other than here.

Origin

  1. Old Englishelles hwǣr
  2. Middle Englishelswher
  3. Englishelsewhere

From Middle English elswher, from Old English elles hwǣr and elles hwerġen (“elsewhere”); corresponding with else + where. Cognate with Old High German alleswār (“elsewhere”), whence Middle High German alleswā, alswā (“elsewhere”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἑτέρωθι
  • ἑτέρωθι (hetérōthi)in some other place
Danish andetsteds
  • andetstedsin some other place
Esperanto aliloke
  • alilokein some other place
Finnish muualla, toisaalla
  • muuallain some other place
  • toisaallain some other place
French ailleurs
  • ailleursin some other place
German anderswo
  • anderswoin some other place
Irish in áit eile
  • in áit eilein some other place
Spanish en otro lugar, en otros sitios
  • en otro lugarin some other place
  • en otros sitiosin some other place
  • a otra partein some other place
Swedish annanstans
  • annanstansin some other place
Cite this entry
APA

elsewhere. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elsewhere

MLA

“elsewhere.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elsewhere. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elsewhere,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elsewhere.

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