3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: another \an*oth"er\ ([a^]n*[u^][th]"[~e]r), pron. & a. [An a, one + other.] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. [1913 Webster] Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not the same; different. [1913 Webster] He winks, and turns his lips another way. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else. [1913 Webster] Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. --Prov. xxvii. 2. [1913 Webster] While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. --John v. 7. [1913 Webster] Note: As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. "These two imparadised in one another's arms." --Milton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: another adj 1: distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether" [syn: {another(a)}, {different}] 2: one more or an added; "another chance"; "another cup of coffee"; "an additional piece of pie" [syn: {another(a)}, {additional}] 3: any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day" [syn: {another(a)}, {some other}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "another": accessory, added, additional, ancillary, autre chose, auxiliary, collateral, contributory, different story, different thing, else, extra, farther, fresh, further, more, new, no such thing, not that sort, not the same, not the type, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, other, other than, otherwise, peculiar, plus, quite another thing, rare, renewed, second, something else, something else again, spare, special, sui generis, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, that, ulterior, unique
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