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WIKTIONARY
alternative
Adjective
∙
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
∙
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g.,
alternative medicine
,
alternative lifestyle
, alternative rock).
∙
Other.
∙
alternate; reciprocal
Noun
∙
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. [from 17th c.]
∙
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen. [from 17th c.]
∙
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted. [from 18th c.]