on the other hand(r = adv.all) but then, then again - (contrastive) from another point of view; "on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good"; "then again, she might not go"
Antonym: on the one hand

N  contrariety, contrast, foil, antithesis, oppositeness, contradiction, antagonism, clashing, repugnance, inversion, the opposite, the reverse, the inverse, the converse, the antipodes, the antithesis, the other extreme, contrary, contrarious, contrariant, opposite, counter, dead against, converse, reverse, opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing, conflicting, inconsistent, contradictory, at cross purposes, negative, hostile, differing toto coelo, diametrically opposite, diametrically opposed, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as the poles, as different as night and day, Hyperion to a satyr, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, no such thing, just the other way, tout au contraire, contrarily, contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather, vice versa, on the other hand, all concord's born of contraries, Thesis, antithesis, synthesis.

N  equivocalness, double meaning, ambiguity, double entente, double entendre, pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque, anagram, conundrum, play on words, word play, homonym, homonymy, amphiboly, amphibology, ambilogy, ambiloquy, Sphinx, Delphic oracle, equivocation, white lie, mental reservation, paltering, equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous, double-tongued, enigmatical, indeterminate, on the one hand, on the other hand.

at hand, big hand, black hand, bloody hand, bow hand, bridge hand, by hand, cash in hand, close at hand, come to hand, dead hand, dead hand of the past, elder hand, eldest hand, every other, field hand, free hand, give a hand, glad hand, hand, hand and foot, hand and glove, hand ax, hand axe, hand blower, hand brake, hand by a hair, hand calculator, hand cheese, hand clapping, hand clasp, hand cream, hand down, hand drill, hand fern, hand glass, hand grenade, hand in, hand in glove, hand in hand, hand job, hand line, hand lotion, hand luggage, hand mirror, hand mower, hand on, hand organ, hand out, hand over, hand over fist, hand pump, hand puppet, hand saw, hand shovel, hand throttle, hand to hand, hand to mouth, hand tool, hand towel, hand truck, hand wear, have in hand, heavy hand, helping hand, hired hand, hour hand, in hand, in other words, iron hand, left hand, lend a hand, little hand, lone hand, look the other way, minute hand, note of hand, old hand, on hand, on one hand, on the one hand, other, other directed, other self, other side, other than, out of hand, poker hand, ranch hand, ready to hand, red hand defenders, right hand, right hand man, round hand, running hand, second hand, section hand, significant other, sleight of hand, some other, sweep hand, text hand, the other way around, turn the other cheek, upper hand, whip hand