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. Cory Booker of New Jersey:

   Our federal government has long overstepped the boundaries of common sense, fiscal prudence and compassion with its marijuana laws. These laws must change, otherwise law-abiding Americans -- bankers, business people, veterans and families-- are fearful of unnecessary, expensive, life-disrupting investigations and prosecutions.

2. Monarch Airlines.In a statement:

   While arrangements are being made, please do not make a payment to your hotel unless instructed otherwise by the CAA team, if our guarantee is not accepted by the accommodation provider, we may need to relocate you to another hotel for the duration of your stay.

3. Hosea Ballou:

   A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.

4. Bob Gourley:

   Think of whitelisting like a bouncer in the VIP line at the party. If you are on the list you get in, if you are not, you get bounced to the pavement, whitelisting happens by design. The IT professionals who whitelist devices at places like the White House only add the email addresses authorized by management. To do otherwise would be to violate policy in ways that could introduce threats to the system.

5. Jerome Lettvin:

   Enzymes are things invented by biologists that explain things which otherwise require harder thinking.