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Another word for alternative

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Noun

  1. The power or right of choosing

    See also:

    choice

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for alternative

Noun

  1. A choice between things

    See also:

    choice

  2. A thing to be chosen

    See also:

    choice

    See syn. study at

    option

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • He had to make alternative arrangements.

  • I guess the alternative was worse.

  • He had no alternative but to leave.

  • The back door was too far away for her rubbery legs, and the only alternative was the sink.

  • An alternative method of going public is to merge with a company that is already public.

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