alternative

Speech parts

1. alternative - Noun

2. alternative - Adjective

3. alternative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Offering a choice of two things.

Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.

Alternate; reciprocal.

An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.

Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.

The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.

A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

choice option substitute other different reserve replacement alternate variant pick preference spare substitution recourse backup
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Antonyms

arch cardinal prime central especial main
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Hypernyms

decision making deciding

Hyponyms

opening possibility default preference impossibility obverse

Phrases with the word

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Examples

I believe that the fundamental alternative for man is the choice between "life" and "death"; between creativity and destructive violence; between reality and illusions; between objectivity and intolerance; between brotherhood-independence and dominance-submission. Erich Fromm

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. Maurice Chevalier

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction. Jawaharlal Nehru

We have always said that in our war with the Arabs we had a secret weapon - no alternative. Golda Meir

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. Mary Kay Ash

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world. Tom Brokaw

Close letter words and terms

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