other than

Preposition

Meaning

(idiomatic) Except, besides.
There was no furniture in the abandoned house, other than a broken bedstead.

(idiomatic) Otherwise than; in any other way than, for any other reason than, etc.
The problem cannot be solved other than by putting in much time and effort.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

besides unlike but not outside except beyond aside minus barring excluding including except for omitting excepting
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Antonyms

plus alongside accompanying illustrative and sc
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Examples

Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness. Stendhal

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Iris Murdoch

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles de Gaulle

Complaining to someone other than God is disgraceful. Arabic Proverb

When you buy friends with anything other than friendship, they do not stay bought long. American Proverb

There are many ways of killing a pig other than by choking it with butter. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

other some other specified dissociative disorder other storage other than that other then other things being equal