prep. 1 Sometimes except for. excepting, save, but, excluding, exclusive of, barring, bar, with the exception of, omitting, not counting, apart from, but for, other than, saving There was no one there except us Except for us, no one came.
conj. 2 except that. except or but (for the fact) that, but, save that He would have gone except that he has no car
v. 3 exclude, omit, leave out, excuse As usual, the wealthy were excepted from the tax increase