Alternative

/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/

Synonyms for "alternative" (184 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Noun(12 words)

choice option alt alternatesap physics variantsbatna candidate candidatesclub sandwichcontenderscourse of actioncourse substitution

additional agent alternatealternate choiceanalogy another attainable backup change changeling choice comparison contingency copy counterfeit deputy different

Adjective(5 words)

alternatealternate funding sourcealternate numberbiobasedbiobased material

Determiner(1 words)

any other thing

Adverb(1 words)

arui

Verb(1 words)

bucked

Strong matches (55)

Noun(12 words)

different disjunct disjunctioneconomic outsiderexplanation fringe hypothesis leotardsmake a choicemore logicalnonconformist nontraditional

discretion discretional disjunctive double druthers dummy election elective equal equivalent ersatzescape clauseescape hatchexchange exchangeable fake fill-in fresh ghost ghostwriter

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imitation interchangeablelocum tenensloophole makeshift metaphor metonymy mocknext best thingoption optional optionality

Slang(1 words)

dupe

Adjective(10 words)

educational optioneducational proxygothic watōrgrammatical variantnonclassical logicnonconventional energy optionsnonindustry practicesnonstandard speciesnontextbooknontraditional learner

Related words (92)

Noun(19 words)

otherother dialectother earthspashtu possibility proposition recourse renegade rethink substitute substitutes substitutingsynonyms: see thesaurus:optionthe othertheory unconventionalunderground spacevariationvary to some extent

Adjective(9 words)

other disciplinesrevisionist historiographysecond rank statusseparate pathwayspanish recursostandard language curriculumsubstitute substitutivesupplementary feeding ground

Determiner(2 words)

other subject areaother subject course

personnel phony pinchpinch hitterpleasure possibilitypossible choicepreference pretext provisional proxy recourse relief replacement replacing representative reserve reserves resort ringer

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saving clausesecondsecond stringsecondary selection sign spare sparesstand instand-in stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate symbol synecdoche temporary tentativethird stringtoken underground understudy utilityutility playervariant vicar vicariousvice presidentvice-president vice-regent volitional voluntaryway of escapeway outwill and pleasure

Verb(1 words)

substituted

Pronoun(1 words)

thou art variant

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

choice decidingdecision makingdescriptor hypothesis option proposition qualifier

More specific

7 entries

backup optiondirectional hypothesisexploratory hypothesisnondirectional hypothesisnontraditionalsecond optionunconventional

Collocations

8 entries

alternative approachalternative energyalternative explanationalternative hypothesisalternative interpretationalternative methodalternative optionalternative solution

Inflections

3 entries

alternativesmore alternativemost alternative

Derivations

3 entries

alternatively alternativeness alternativity

similar

3 entries

disjunctive secondary unconventional

Translations

35 translations across 30 languages.

Armenian

1 entries

այլընտրանքային adj (relating to a choice)

Belarusian

1 entries

альтэрнаты́ўны adj (relating to a choice)

Bulgarian

3 entries

алтернати́вен adj (relating to a choice)
друга възможност adj (relating to a choice)
или-или adj (relating to a choice)

Catalan

1 entries

alternatiu adj (relating to a choice)

Czech

1 entries

alternativní adj (relating to a choice)

Danish

1 entries

alternativ adj (relating to a choice)

Dutch

1 entries

alternatief adj (relating to a choice)

Esperanto

1 entries

anstataŭa adj (relating to a choice)

Finnish

1 entries

vaihtoehtoinen adj (relating to a choice)

French

1 entries

alternatif adj (relating to a choice)

Galician

1 entries

alternativo adj (relating to a choice)

German

1 entries

alternativ adj (relating to a choice)

Greek

2 entries

εναλλακτικός adj (relating to a choice)
προαιρετικός adj (relating to a choice)

Hindi

1 entries

वैकल्पिक adj (relating to a choice)

Hungarian

1 entries

vagylagos adj (relating to a choice)

Italian

1 entries

alternativo adj (relating to a choice)

Kazakh

1 entries

балама adj (relating to a choice)

Malay

1 entries

alternatif adj (relating to a choice)

Malayalam

2 entries

പകരം adj (relating to a choice)
ബദൽ adj (relating to a choice)

Mirandese

1 entries

alternatibo adj (relating to a choice)

Norwegian

1 entries

alternativ adj (relating to a choice)

Polish

1 entries

alternatywny adj (relating to a choice)

Portuguese

1 entries

alternativo adj (relating to a choice)

Russian

1 entries

альтернати́вный adj (relating to a choice)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ȁlternatīvan adj (relating to a choice)
а̏лтернатӣван adj (relating to a choice)

Slovak

1 entries

alternatívny adj (relating to a choice)

Spanish

1 entries

alternativo adj (relating to a choice)

Swedish

1 entries

alternativ adj (relating to a choice)

Telugu

1 entries

ప్రత్యామ్నాయం adj (relating to a choice)

Ukrainian

1 entries

альтернати́вний adj (relating to a choice)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Is there no alternative to what you propose?

Source: tatoeba (16982)

We are faced with the alternative of resistance or slavery.

Source: tatoeba (22810)

We have the alternative of going or staying.

Source: tatoeba (22986)

We had no alternative but to fight.

Source: tatoeba (23485)

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