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Meaning & Definition of Alternative in English

English

Alternative

/ɔltərnətɪv/

noun

1. One of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

  • "What option did i have?"
  • "There no other alternative"
  • "My only choice is to refuse"
synonym:
  • option,
  • alternative,
  • choice

adjective

1. Serving or used in place of another

  • "An alternative plan"
synonym:
  • alternate,
  • alternative,
  • substitute

2. Necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities

  • "Alternative possibilities were neutrality or war"
synonym:
  • alternative

3. Pertaining to unconventional choices

  • "An alternative life style"
synonym:
  • alternative

Examples of using

Ageing isn't good, but the alternative is no better.
I want a third alternative.
We are trapped in an alternative reality.