Synonyms for unless
ʌnˈlɛs, ən-un·less

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1. unlessconjunction

   Except on a specified condition; if not.

   I’m leaving unless I get a pay rise.

   Antonyms:
   if

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1. unless

   But ranges from the faintest contrast to absolute negation; as, I am willing to go, but (on the other hand) content to stay; he is not an honest man, but (on the contrary) a villain. The contrast may be with a silent thought; as, but let us go (it being understood that we might stay longer). In restrictive use, except and excepting are slightly more emphatic than but; we say, no injury but a scratch; or, no injury except some painful bruises. Such expressions as "words are but breath" (nothing but) may be referred to the restrictive use by ellipsis. So may the use of but in the sense of unless; as, "it never rains but it pours." To the same head must be referred the conditional use; as, "you may go, but with your father's consent" (i. e., "provided you have," "except that you must have," etc.). "Doubt but" is now less used than the more logical "doubt that." But never becomes a full synonym for and; and adds something like, but adds something different; "brave and tender" implies that tenderness is natural to the brave; "brave but tender" implies that bravery and tenderness are rarely combined. For the concessive use, compare NOTWITHSTANDING.

   Synonyms:
   and, barely, besides, but, except, further, however, just, merely, moreover, nevertheless, notwithstanding, notwithstanding, only, provided, save, still, that, tho, yet

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1. unlessconj.

   Synonyms:
   except, if not

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1. List of paraphrases for "unless":

   except, if, without, until, -unless

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1. Barack Obama:

   I always tell young people, in particular, do not say that nothing has changed when it comes to race in America, unless you've lived through being a black man in the 1950s or '60s or '70s. It is incontrovertible that race relations have improved significantly during my lifetime and yours.

2. Erwin Chemerinsky:

   It really depends on whether the Republicans keep the Senate in November, if they do, I think ultimately Trump will get his picks through unless they are unqualified or very objectionable. But if the Democrats take the Senate in November, I think it will be very difficult for him to get anyone confirmed.

3. Troy Slaten:

   It is unlikely because the people receiving the shot have not committed a crime unless they actively conspired to defraud somebody which the end-user did not, people who administered the drug may have conspired to obtain it under false pretenses, which we dont know yet, but the patient did not do that.

4. Simondes of Ceos:

   There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.

5. Charles Hanson Towne:

   Indeed, we do not really live unless we have friends surrounding us like a firm wall against the winds of the world.