otherwise

Questions about otherwise

What does otherwise mean?

otherwise means "in other respects or ways". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in otherwise?

otherwise has 3 syllables: ot-her-wise. The stress falls on "ot". In IPA it is /ˈʌðɚˌwaɪz/.

What is another word for otherwise?

Close synonyms include differently. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is otherwise a common word?

otherwise is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with otherwise?

3 words rhyme with otherwise. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.