alternative

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
2. (not-comparable) Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
3. (not-comparable) Other; different from something else.
4. (not-comparable) Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
5. (not-comparable, obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.

Noun

1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
4. (uncountable) alternative rock
5. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.

Synonyms

option

choice

alternate

variant

substitute

optional

another

selection

different

modification

disjunctive

trade-off

inferiority

other

outlet

pick

⛏️

possibility

recourse

replace

replacement

second best

selective

stagger

substitute for

tradeoff

variation

vent

version

view

way out

alternative strategy

make-shift

second alternative

alternative decision

part

alternative scheme

acting

alt

alterative

alternation

alternative solution

change

commutation

discretion

electable

election

eligible

Translations

alternative

alternativo

alternatif

alternativo

Alternative

alternativ

alternatief

alternativa

alternativo

alternativa

alternativa

alternatiu

εναλλακτικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/

Etymology

From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). Compare alternate.

Sentences

This no good alternative .