alternative
- Adjective. Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- Adjective. Not traditional (''an alternative lifestyle'').
- Adjective. Other.
- Noun. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
- Noun. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
- Noun. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted. (defdate, from 18th c.) .
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