something else

noun

Another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.

“My mother's cooking is something else!”

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Meanings

nounsomething else (uncountable)
  1. literallyuncountableAnother unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.

    It's a bracket for a camera at the moment, but it could be turned into a bracket for something else.

    2022 September 21, Brendan Rice, “Ready for inspection”, in RAIL, number 966, page 61
  2. informaluncountableSomething exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual.

    My mother's cooking is something else!

    1 more example

    Before Ladybug could answer, Chico said, “Man, you’re something else. Do you really think that tall and skinny is good looking? […]”

    2010, Mary Ann Hutchison, Moochi’s Mariachis, Pen & Publish, →ISBN, page 42
  3. informaluncountableA person or thing that is outstandingly unfavorable.

    You mean to tell me you let those kids walk all the way home? At night in the rain? Man, you're really something else.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 特別出色的 /特别出色的
  • 特別出色的 /特别出色的 (tèbié chūsè de)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
Finnish omaa luokkaansa
  • omaa luokkaansaexceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
Hindi कुछ अलग
  • कुछ अलग (kuch alag)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
Russian не́что осо́бенное, слов нет
  • не́что осо́бенное (néčto osóbennoje)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • слов нет (slov net)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • что-то с чем-то (što-to s čem-to)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
Spanish palabras mayores
  • palabras mayoresexceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
Tagalog pambihira
  • pambihiraexceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
Ukrainian винятковий, незвичайний
  • винятковий (vynjatkovyj)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • незвичайний (nezvyčajnyj)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • надзвичайний (nadzvyčajnyj)exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
Cite this entry
APA

something else. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/something%20else

MLA

“something else.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/something%20else. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “something else,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/something%20else.

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