4syllables
alternative
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Definitions ofalternative
1noun
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
- Alternative rock
1adjective
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
Example: "an alternative proposition"
- Other; different from something else.
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
- Alternate, reciprocal.
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