Phrase guide

something else

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

Examples

  • My mother's cooking is something else!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person or thing that is outstandingly unfavorable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

Examples

  • You mean to tell me you let those kids walk all the way home? At night in the rain? Man, you're really something else.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 特別出色的 /特别出色的 (tèbié chūsè de) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Finnish: omaa luokkaansa — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Hindi: कुछ अलग (kuch alag) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Russian: не́что осо́бенное (néčto osóbennoje) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Russian: слов нет (slov net) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Russian: что-то с чем-то (što-to s čem-to) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Spanish: palabras mayores — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Tagalog: pambihira — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Ukrainian: винятковий (vynjatkovyj) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Ukrainian: незвичайний (nezvyčajnyj) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
  • Ukrainian: надзвичайний (nadzvyčajnyj) — exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual