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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Else \Else\, adverb & conj.
1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. --Ps. li. 16.
Note: After 'or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. ''Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Else \Else\, adjective & pronoun [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adjective signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. ["a]ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adjective, other, L. alius, Gr. ?. Cf. {Alias}, {Alien}.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? ''Bastards and else.'' --Shak.
Note: This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. ''A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case.'' --G. Eliot. ''A suit of clothes like everybody else's.'' --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
else
adjective
1: other than what is under consideration or implied; "ask somebody else"; "I don't know what else to do"; "where else can we look?"
2: more; "would you like anything else?"; "I have nothing else to say" [syn: {else(ip)}, {additional}]
adverb
1: additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner; "nobody else is here"; "she ignored everything else"; "I don't know where else to look"; "when else can we have the party?"; "couldn't decide how else it could be done"
2: (usually used with 'or') if not, then; "watch your step or else you may fall"; "leave or else I'll get angry"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "else": above, added, additionally, again, alias, all included, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, and so, another, as well, au reste, beside, besides, beyond, contrarily, elsewise, en plus, extra, farther, for lagniappe, fresh, further, furthermore, in addition, in other respects, in other ways, inter alia, into the bargain, item, likewise, more, moreover, new, not that sort, not the same, not the type, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, on the side, on top of, or else, other, other than, otherwise, over, peculiar, plus, rare, similarly, special, sui generis, than, then, therewith, to boot, too, unique, yet
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