Synonyms for Alternative:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • alternative.
  •alternate (adjective)
  • most backup,
  • more interchanging.
  •different (adjective)
  • variant.
  •makeshift (adjective)
  • more bandaid,
  • most make do,
  • most bandaid,
  • temp,
  • most throwaway,
  • most band-aid,
  • more make do,
  • more band-aid,
  • stopgap,
  • makedo,
  • most make-do,
  • most makedo,
  • quick and dirty,
  • more band aid,
  • bandaid,
  • most band aid,
  • pro visional,
  • more throwaway,
  • more make-do,
  • more makedo.
  •new age (adjective)
  • age aquarius,
  • most astrological,
  • most supernaturalist,
  • more astrological,
  • more supernaturalist,
  • super naturalist,
  • super-naturalist,
  • supernaturalist.
  •optional (adjective)
  • nonobligatory,
  • not required,
  • discretionary,
  • noncompulsory,
  • discretional,
  • no strings attached,
  • elective,
  • non-compulsory,
  • up to the individual.
  •other (adjective)
  • most another,
  • more another.
  •other, alternate (adjective)
  • flipside,
  • second,
  • other side,
  • back-up,
  • surrogate.
  •second (adjective)
  • most runner up,
  • next order,
  • sub-sequent,
  • more runnerup,
  • more reproduction,
  • re-production,
  • most runnerup,
  • un-important,
  • more runner-up,
  • sub sequent,
  • most reproduction,
  • most runner-up,
  • placest,
  • runner up,
  • more runner up.
  •substitute (adjective)
  • Displaced,
  • traded,
  • Swapped,
  • supplanting,
  • Superseding,
  • Switched,
  • subrogated,
  • exchanged.
  •subterrestrial (adjective)
  • hypo-gean,
  • subterranean,
  • sub terrestrial,
  • hypo gean,
  • sub-terrestrial.
  •underground (adjective)
  • unbowed,
  • under ground,
  • on the sly.
  •variant (adjective)
  • more differing,
  • de-rived,
  • de rived,
  • most differing.

• adv

  •instead (adverb)
  • in preference,
  • as a substitute,
  • alternately,
  • rather than.

• adv.

  •instead (adverb)
  • in place of,
  • instead,
  • in lieu,
  • on second thought,
  • rather.

• conj.

  •or (conjunction)
  • un-certainty,
  • un certainty.

• n.

  •
  • offbeat,
  • notable,
  • unique,
  • unusual,
  • surprising,
  • out of the ordinary,
  • odd,
  • dilemma,
  • exotic,
  • special,
  • remarkable.
  •
  • study at.
  •
  • have your pick of something.
  •alternative (noun)
  • secondary,
  • mutually exclusive,
  • disjunctive,
  • unconventional.
  •choice (noun)
  • determination,
  • decision,
  • discretion,
  • desire,
  • volition,
  • judgment,
  • wish.
  •election (noun)
  • vote castings,
  • vote casting,
  • ballotings,
  • votecastings,
  • votecasting,
  • vote-castings.
  •escape (noun)
  • loophole.
  •loophole (noun)
  • means escape.
  •possible choice (noun)
  • other fish in sea,
  • take it or leave it,
  • redundancy,
  • other fish to fry.
  •preference (noun)
  • de-sires,
  • de-sire,
  • pre-possessions,
  • de sires,
  • pre possessions,
  • pre possession,
  • pre-possession,
  • de sire.
  •selection (noun)
  • cullings.
  •shortcut (noun)
  • timesaving method,
  • timesaver.
  •substitute (noun)
  • imitation,
  • double,
  • fill in,
  • stand in,
  • deputy,
  • representative,
  • counterfeit,
  • dummy,
  • understudy,
  • replacement,
  • lieutenant,
  • proxy.
  •substitution (noun)
  • substitution,
  • subrogation,
  • swap,
  • exchange,
  • supersession,
  • switch,
  • trade,
  • displacement.
  •way (noun)
  • ex-tent,
  • ex tent,
  • head-way,
  • stone throw,
  • head way,
  • thataways,
  • ex tents,
  • by way,
  • elbowrooms,
  • forward motions,
  • ex-tents.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • divergent,
  • lopsided,
  • catholic,
  • possibility,
  • afresh,
  • diversified,
  • incomparable,
  • judgment call,
  • various,
  • unrecognizable,
  • uneven,
  • irregular,
  • distinctive,
  • incompatible,
  • divers,
  • diverse,
  • many-sided,
  • distinct,
  • varied,
  • contrasting,
  • assorted,
  • multifaceted,
  • conflicting,
  • distinguishable,
  • sundry,
  • variously,
  • triangulation,
  • dissimilar,
  • unequal,
  • variegated,
  • disparate,
  • varying,
  • changed,
  • contrastive,
  • distinguishing,
  • removed,
  • differing,
  • inconsistent.
  •
  • manifold,
  • designation,
  • refuge,
  • different,
  • several,
  • separate,
  • unlike.
  •
  • liberty,
  • resolution,
  • broad,
  • possible,
  • apart,
  • trade-off,
  • conclusion,
  • particular,
  • variable.
  •
  • draw.
  •
  • sharp,
  • call.
  •bypass
  • shortcut.
  •Other relevant words:
  • mock,
  • secretly,
  • sign,
  • delegate,
  • analogy,
  • expediently,
  • remove,
  • privately,
  • be one's fate,
  • bypass,
  • elect,
  • modern,
  • metaphor,
  • backup,
  • assess,
  • irregularly,
  • realm of possibilities,
  • depose,
  • another,
  • Baseball designated hitter,
  • uproot,
  • in for,
  • evaluate,
  • utility,
  • temporarily,
  • adopt,
  • locum tenens,
  • mutually,
  • resort,
  • consider,
  • clandestinely,
  • alternate choice,
  • quirky,
  • auxiliary,
  • fake,
  • inclination,
  • relief,
  • liking,
  • experimental,
  • will and pleasure,
  • druthers,
  • weigh,
  • artifice,
  • equivalent,
  • vice-regent,
  • ghostwriter,
  • erratically,
  • surreptitiously,
  • secondly,
  • dislocate,
  • metonymy,
  • divisional,
  • invention,
  • escape hatch,
  • activist,
  • vicar,
  • device,
  • SPARES,
  • any more,
  • wacky,
  • predilection,
  • resource,
  • eccentric,
  • nonconformist,
  • sub,
  • pinch,
  • changeling,
  • appraise,
  • or,
  • saving clause,
  • exchangeable,
  • alternate way,
  • jury mast,
  • supportive,
  • novel,
  • covertly,
  • reciprocally,
  • obverse,
  • contrivance,
  • locum,
  • replace,
  • Cooptation,
  • quid pro quo,
  • variation,
  • fresh,
  • vicarious,
  • superseder,
  • dismiss,
  • be doomed,
  • equal,
  • stand-by,
  • stealthily,
  • way out,
  • reserve,
  • trick,
  • attainable,
  • set before,
  • cunning,
  • trendy,
  • voluntary,
  • novation,
  • have no choice,
  • Preoption,
  • shift,
  • copy,
  • adoption,
  • take,
  • alternatively,
  • pleasure,
  • change,
  • alternating,
  • token,
  • alternativity,
  • occasionally,
  • disturb,
  • prefer,
  • temporary expedient,
  • interchangeable,
  • select,
  • comparison,
  • alternatives,
  • agent,
  • version,
  • Pipelaying,
  • impermanently,
  • unorthodox,
  • modification,
  • replacing,
  • Substituent,
  • supporting,
  • personnel,
  • scapegoat,
  • original,
  • alternator,
  • dislodge,
  • Subterrestrial,
  • detour,
  • nostrum,
  • phony,
  • unevenly,
  • revolutionary,
  • possible choice,
  • furtively,
  • tentative,
  • newfangled,
  • displace,
  • appoint,
  • impossibility,
  • pinch-hitter,
  • volitional,
  • contingency,
  • ghost,
  • spare,
  • synecdoche,
  • receipt,
  • hole to creep out of,
  • voice,
  • dissident,
  • appreciate,
  • avant-garde,
  • warming pan,
  • secretive,
  • vote,
  • ersatz,
  • succedaneum,
  • additional,
  • transmutable,
  • utility player,
  • stratagem,
  • be destined,
  • course,
  • subversive,
  • supplanter,
  • someone else,
  • provisionally,
  • Pis Aller,
  • expedient,
  • deception,
  • vice president,
  • ringer,
  • combination,
  • unpick,
  • remedy,
  • pretext,
  • secondarily,
  • extra,
  • choose,
  • reserves,
  • contradictory,
  • temporary,
  • second-line,
  • alternate route,
  • strange,
  • new,
  • way of escape,
  • one more,
  • radical,
  • symbol,
  • provisional.

Paraphrases for Alternative:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    alternatives, option, other, surrogate.
  • Proper noun, singular
    alternates, option, options, other, surrogate.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    option, workaround, other, surrogate.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    alternating.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    options.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    variant, alternating, unconventional, makeshift, non-traditional, change-out, irreplaceable, options, fall-back, tabbed, reciprocating, conventional, feasible, nontraditional, alt, diversionary, viable, solutions, varied, substitutable, divergent, follow-on.
  • Proper noun, singular
    differences, directions, assistants, variant, variants, systems, models, Diets, schemes, alternativa, alternativo, substitution, alt, alternativas, parallel, parallels.
  • Noun, plural
    avenues, remarks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    variant, reciprocating, substitution, equivalence, alt, locum.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Preparing, competing, keeping, going.
  • Verb, past participle
    opposed.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    replacement, substitute, parallel.
  • Proper noun, singular
    replacement, replacements, substitute, variation, variations, solution, solutions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    replacement, substitute, variation, solution, solutions, parallel.

Antonyms for Alternative:

• n.

  • possible choice
    rejection, obligation, constraint, restraint.
  • Other antonyms:
    duress, conjunctive, Hobson's Choice, compulsion, force, necessity, primary, coercion.

Hypernym for Alternative:

• n.

  • cognition
    impossibility, druthers, preference, soft option, default option, possibility, default, Hobson's Choice, possible action, opening, impossible action, obverse.

Hyponym for Alternative:

• n.

  • cognition
    decision making, deciding.