alternative

Etymology
From, from , from the participle stem of. Compare.

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
 * 2)  Presenting two or more alternatives.
 * 3) Other; different from something else.
 * 4) Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
 * 5)  Alternate, reciprocal.
 * 1) Other; different from something else.
 * 2) Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
 * 3)  Alternate, reciprocal.
 * 1) Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
 * 2)  Alternate, reciprocal.
 * 1)  Alternate, reciprocal.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: альтэрнаты́ўны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: alternativ
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: alternativo
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Mirandese: alternatibo
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̏лтернатӣван
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: alternatívny
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Hungarian:


 * Belarusian: альтэрнаты́ўны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: alternativ
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: alternativo
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̏лтернатӣван
 * Roman:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Catalan:
 * Hungarian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
 * 2) One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
 * 3) The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
 * 4)  alternative rock
 * 5) A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
 * Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.
 * 1) A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
 * Disability activists discourage the use of the words "crazy" and "insane" due to their negative connections to mental health, suggesting alternatives such as "wild", "silly", or "out of this world", which do not relate to mental health.

Antonyms

 * different or opposing

Translations

 * Belarusian: альтэрнаты́ва
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mirandese: alternatiba
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:, dysjunkcja
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: алтернати́ва
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: альтэрнаты́ва
 * Bulgarian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:, חֲלוּפָה
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mirandese: alternatiba
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: алтернати́ва
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish: ברירה

Adverb

 * 1) alternatively