Synonyms for otherwise
ˈʌð ərˌwaɪzoth·er·wise

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1. otherwiseadverb

   Antonyms:
   likewise

2. otherwiseadverb

   Other than supposed, different.

   He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise.

   Synonyms:
   contrastingly, contrarily

   Antonyms:
   likewise

3. otherwiseadverb

   In different circumstances; or else.

   Synonyms:
   else, if, or else, not

   Antonyms:
   likewise

4. otherwiseadverb

   In all other respects.

   He prayed to Neptune every day. Otherwise he behaved rationally.

   Synonyms:
   apart from

   Antonyms:
   likewise

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. otherwiseadverb

   other than as supposed or expected

   "the outcome was otherwise"

   Antonyms:
   same

2. otherwiseadverb

   in other respects or ways

   "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"

   Synonyms:
   other than, differently

   Antonyms:
   same

3. differently, otherwise, other thanadverb

   in another and different manner

   "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape";

   Synonyms:
   other than, differently

   Antonyms:
   same

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1. List of paraphrases for "otherwise":

   differently, else, alternatively, elsewhere, incidentally, other

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1. Alan Romero:

   The gang controlled the scheduling, and therefore even having a sick child that needed nonstop medical care was secondary to making sure the gang members got their preferred shifts, this was a practice that punished all patrol Deputies that either refused to join the gang or otherwise resisted the gangs far-reaching influence at the Station.

2. Ernest Renan:

   Let us pardon him his hope of a vain apocalypse, and of a second coming in great triumph upon the clouds of heaven. Perhaps these were the errors of others rather than his own; and if it be true that he himself shared the general illusion, what matters it, since his dream rendered him strong against death, and sustained him in a struggle to which he might otherwise have been unequal?

3. Frank Chung:

   One of my biggest concerns was : How do I make sure that I am not a burden ? How do I make sure I'm not just taking up extra PPE unnecessarily ? i was also worried about the potential effects of getting Covid because many of us have seen people who are young and otherwise fairly healthy who have gotten very sick. So I think we all thought that there is a very real risk opting into this.

4. Liviu Matei:

   We bring students from 100 more countries around the world to Hungary and we train Hungarian young people who otherwise would go study abroad – we are playing a positive function by keeping our kids at home instead of going abroad, this legislation is meant to make the operations of CEU in Hungary very difficult – if not impossible.

5. Lacy Fehrenbach:

   Otherwise, we’re working with our providers to move them around, or, of course, the federal government to get them to other places that need it.