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Alternative

🔄 Synonyms of "Alternative"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
unconventionalnoun	Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards.
choicenoun	An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
optionnoun	One of a set of choices that can be made.
secondarynoun	Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
disjunctivenoun	Not connected; separated.
alternatenoun	Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
mutually exclusive	(logic, probability theory) Describing multiple events or propositions such that the occurrence of any one implies the nonoccurrence of all other events or propositions. Boolean function of NOR logic gate

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Alternative"

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Word	Definition
secondarynoun	Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
choicenoun	An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
optionnoun	One of a set of choices that can be made.
alternatenoun	Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
disjunctivenoun	Not connected; separated.
unconventionalnoun	Not adhering to custom, convention, or accepted standards.
mutually exclusive	(logic, probability theory) Describing multiple events or propositions such that the occurrence of any one implies the nonoccurrence of all other events or propositions. Boolean function of NOR logic gate
differentnoun	Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
othersnoun	Other people.
possiblenoun	(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
othernoun	See other (determiner) below.
counterproposalnoun	A proposal made as an alternative to another, earlier proposal.
separateverb	(transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
possibilitynoun	A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
optionalnoun	Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
distinctverb	Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
secondnoun	Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
elsenoun	(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
choosingnoun	The act of making a choice.
potentialnoun	A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).