in other words

Definitions

Used to introduce a restatement or explanation of something previously said.

Used to express the same idea in a different, often simpler or more precise, way.

Examples

The project is behind schedule; in other words, we need to work faster to meet the deadline.

He is a polyglot; in other words, he can speak several languages fluently.

Synonyms

that is to say put differently to put it another way namely to clarify in essence specifically

Antonyms

conversely on the contrary in opposition alternatively contradictorily paradoxically in contrast