alternative

  1. Adjective.  Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
  2. Adjective.  Not traditional (''an alternative lifestyle'').
  3. Adjective.  Other.
  4. 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.) .
  5. Noun.  One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
  6. Noun.  The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted. (defdate, from 18th c.) .

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