Synonyms of the word alternative


ALTERNATIVEALTERNATE - CHOICE - DECIDING - DISJUNCTIVE - OPTION - SECONDARY - UNCONVENTIONAL

alternative

  • adj. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
  • adj. Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle,…
  • adj. Other.
  • adj. alternate; reciprocal.
  • n. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between…
  • n. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
  • n. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

alternate

  • adj. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one…
  • adj. (mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another…
  • adj. (US) Other; alternative.
  • adj. (botany) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects…
  • n. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
  • n. (US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing…
  • n. (mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
  • n. (US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
  • n. (heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
  • v. (transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
  • v. (intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed…
  • v. (intransitive) To vary by turns.
  • v. (transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation);…

choice

  • n. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
  • n. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
  • n. Anything that can be chosen.
  • n. (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
  • n. (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
  • n. (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
  • adj. Especially good or preferred.
  • adj. (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
  • adj. (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

deciding

  • v. present participle of decide.

disjunctive

  • adj. Not connected; separated.
  • adj. (grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun…
  • adj. Tending to disjoin; separating.
  • adj. (music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
  • adj. (logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
  • n. (logic) A disjunction.

option

  • n. One of a set of choices that can be made.
  • n. The freedom or right to choose.
  • n. (finance, law) A contract giving the holder the right to buy or sell an asset at a set strike price; can…
  • n. (graphical user interface) A button on a screen used to select an action (often "menu option").
  • v. To purchase an option on something.
  • v. (computing, dated) To configure, by setting an option.

secondary

  • adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
  • adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
  • adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic…
  • adj. (geology) produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass.
  • adj. (geology) developed by pressure or other causes.
  • adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  • adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
  • adj. Of less than primary importance.
  • adj. (education) related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of 11 and 18.
  • adj. (manufacturing) relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
  • adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
  • n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
  • n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
  • n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
  • n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or…
  • n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
  • n. (astronomy) A secondary circle.
  • n. (astronomy) A satellite.
  • n. Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.

unconventional

  • adj. Not adhering to convention or accepted standards.
  • adj. Out of the ordinary.
  • adj. Atypical.
  • n. Something or someone that is unconventional.

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