English Dictionary

alternative

/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/

noun

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.

I am considering alternative options for my vacation.

意味（1）

A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.

‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’

意味（2）

One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.

Between these alternatives there is no middle ground. The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it.

意味（3）

The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.

意味（4）

(uncountable, music) alternative rock

意味（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.