the reflexive form of plural pronouns when the action, attribution, etc, is reciprocal: they kissed one another, knowing one another
Also: each other
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
one′ anoth′er,
- Pronounseach other.
- 1520–30
- See each other.
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'one another' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
European Monetary System
- Freecycle
- Identikit
- abstract
- act
- aerostatics
- again
- air miss
- allele
- altern
- alternate
- among
- antipodes
- arris
- balanced valve
- bonding
- bonspiel
- brotherhood
- bumper-to-bumper
- butt
- cable
- cancel
- categorial grammar
- chain
- chat room
- circumincession
- clap
- clone
- close
- co-sleep
- coaptation
- collage
- collide
- compare
- conference call
- confront
- conjugate
- consecutive
- contemporary
- correlative
- counterpart
- country dance
- coursing
- crib
- crisscross
- cross
- cross fire
- crosshatch
- cumulative evidence
- cuss