other than

preposition

Except, besides.

“He was never anything other than pleasant to me.”

Similar
apart frombarringexcept fornot including
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Meanings

preposition
  1. idiomaticExcept, besides.

    There was no furniture in the abandoned house, other than a broken bedstead.

  2. idiomaticOtherwise than; in any other way than, for any other reason than, etc.

    He was never anything other than pleasant to me.

    1 more example

    The problem cannot be solved other than by putting in much time and effort.

    Synonyms: apart from, barring, except for, not including

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionOtherwise than; in any other way than, for any other reason than, etc.

Similar
apart frombarringexcept fornot including
Also see
apart frombarbutexcept forexceptingmodulosave forwith the exception of

Translations

Arabic غَيْر
  • غَيْر (ḡayr)except; besides
Chinese Mandarin 除了...以外
  • 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài)except; besides
Czech jinak
  • jinakexcept; besides
Esperanto krom
  • kromexcept; besides
Finnish lukuun ottamatta, paitsi
  • lukuun ottamattaexcept; besides
  • paitsiexcept; besides
French autre que
  • autre queexcept; besides
German abgesehen von, außer
  • abgesehen vonexcept; besides
  • außerexcept; besides
  • ausgenommenexcept; besides
  • anders alsotherwise than
  • in anderer Weise alsotherwise than
Hungarian csak, kívül
  • csakexcept; besides
  • kívülexcept; besides
  • kivételévelexcept; besides
Irish seachas, diomaite de
  • seachasexcept; besides
  • diomaite deexcept; besides
Japanese 他は, 別は
  • 他は (hoka wa)except; besides
  • 別は (betsu wa)except; besides
Latvian savādāk, citādāk
  • savādākexcept; besides
  • citādākexcept; besides
Polish poza, oprócz
  • pozaexcept; besides
  • opróczexcept; besides
  • pozaotherwise than
  • opróczotherwise than
Portuguese fora
  • foraexcept; besides
Russian кро́ме
  • кро́ме (króme)except; besides
Spanish además, aparte
  • ademásexcept; besides
  • aparteexcept; besides
  • fueraexcept; besides
Turkish haricinde
  • haricindeexcept; besides
Vietnamese ngoài
  • ngoàiexcept; besides
Cite this entry
APA

other than. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/other%20than

MLA

“other than.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/other%20than. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “other than,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/other%20than.

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