Some common synonyms of alternative are choice, election, option, preference, and selection. While all these words mean "the act or opportunity of choosing or the thing chosen," alternative implies a need to choose one and reject another possibility.

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Synonyms for ALTERNATIVE in English: substitute, choice, other, option, preference, recourse, different, other, substitute, alternate, …

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Synonyms for ALTERNATIVE: choice, option, dilemma, alternant, either, elective, loophole, other, optionality, preference, quandary, choice; Antonyms for ALTERNATIVE: necessity, constraint, restraint, obligation, compulsion.

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