otherwhere

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UK/ˈʌðə(ɹ)wɛː(ɹ)/

adverb

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

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somewhere else
First used 14th c.Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adverbotherwhere (not comparable)
  1. not comparableregionalSynonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to some other place.First known use 14th c.

    Come, Adrian. I think we should be otherwhere.

    1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section, page 4
    1 more example

    And fared like a furious wyld Beare, Whoſe whelpes are ſtolne away, ſhe being otherwhere.

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 499

    Synonyms: somewhere else

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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somewhere else
Also see
otherwhereassomewhere else

Origin

From other + where. Compare German anderswo.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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