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. Robert M. Pursig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance":

   I think that their flight from and hatred of technology is self-defeating. The Buddha rests quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer of the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha--which is to demean oneself.

2. Lia Roldan:

   I’ll vote for her only because I don’t want a Republican to win, but I don’t really feel in my heart that I would vote for her otherwise.

3. Chuck Grassley:

   I think that we ca n’t count on any Democrats until we get the 50 votes we need, and then we ’ll get five or six of them, otherwise, I do n’t think we can count on them.

4. Larisa Summers:

   You have to welcome these goods back, otherwise customers won't shop with you the first time.

5. Tamas Varga:

   It seems to be a healthy upside correction in an otherwise downtrending market.