Alternative

Noun

 * 1) A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities.
 * 2) A choice between two or more mutually exclusive possibilities.
 * 3) One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
 * 2) Not traditional (an alternative lifestyle)
 * 3) Other

Adjectives for Alternative
gainful; pleasant;  admirable;  desperate; intolerable; unthinkable;  dire; impossible; practicable;  subtle; ghastly; grim; vague; contradictory; undesirable; inescapable; serious.

Verbs for Alternative
arrive at; bewilder with; conceive; confront with; countenance; endorse; explore; extend; mystify by; propose; reject; request; suggest; circumscribes; curbs; lies open; limits; puzzles; remains

Synonyms for Alternative
option, preference, choice, pick, election.

Antonyms for Alternative
compulsion, obligation.

Thesaurus
additional; agent; alternate; alternate choice; analogy; another; attainable; backup; change; changeling; choice; comparison; contingency; copy; counterfeit; deputy; different; discretion; discretional; disjunctive; double; druthers; dummy; election; elective; equal; equivalent; ersatz; escape clause; escape hatch; exchange; exchangeable; fake; fill-in; ghost; ghostwriter; imitation; interchangeable; locum tenens; loophole; makeshift; metaphor; metonymy; mock; next best thing; option; optional; optionality; personnel; phony; pinch; pinch hitter; pleasure; possibility; possible choice; preference; pretext; provisional; proxy; relief; replacement; replacing; representative; reserve; reserves; ringer; saving clause; second string; secondary; selection; sign; spare; spares; stand-in; stopgap; sub; substituent; substitute; substitution; succedaneum; superseder; supplanter; surrogate; symbol; synecdoche; temporary; tentative; third string; token; understudy; utility; utility player; variant; vicar; vicarious; vice-president; vice-regent; volitional; voluntary; way of escape; way out; will and pleasure

Derived terms

 * alternative dispute resolution
 * alternative energy
 * alternative lifestyle
 * alternative medicine
 * alternative vote

Related terms

 * alternate
 * alternativeness
 * alternativism