alternative
Webster Dictionary
disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction
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alternativeness
Webster Dictionary
the quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two
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hobson's choice
Webster Dictionary
a choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing
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either
Webster Dictionary
precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or
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dilemma
Webster Dictionary
an argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses
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choice
(ʃɔɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an alternative.
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whether
Webster Dictionary
in case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first
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variant
(ˈvɛər i ənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
not definitive; alternative:
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fallback
(ˈfɔlˌbæk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
something or someone to turn or return to, esp. for help or as an alternative.
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instead
(ɪnˈstɛd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
as an accepted alternative; in preference.
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mycota
(ɪˈkoʊ tə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an alternative taxonomic name for the kingdom Fungi.
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or
(ɔr; unstressed ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used to connect alternative terms for the same thing):
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marked
(ɑrkt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
occurring less typically than an alternative form.
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whether
(ˈʰwɛð ər, ˈwɛð-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usu. with the correlative or):
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fallback
(ˈfɔlˌbæk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also, fall-back. of or designating something kept in reserve or as an alternative:
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opposition
(ˌɒp əˈzɪʃ ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the relationship between two alternative units within a linguistic system.
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hobson's choice
(ˈhɒb sənz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative.
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dilemma
Webster Dictionary
a state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position
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disjunctive
(ɪsˈdʒʌŋk tɪv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
syntactically setting two or more expressions in opposition to each other, as but in poor but happy, or expressing an alternative, as or in
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whether
(ˈʰwɛð ər, ˈwɛð-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used to introduce a single alternative, the other being implied or understood, or some clause or element not involving alternatives):
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multiple alleles
(ˈmʌl tə pəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a series of three or more alternative or allelic forms of a gene, only two of which can exist in any normal, diploid individual.
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allele
(əˈlil)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one of two or more alternative forms of a gene occupying the same position on matching chromosomes: an individual normally has two alleles for each trait, one from either parent.
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womyn
(ˈwɪm ɪn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
women (used chiefly in feminist literature as an alternative spelling to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequence m-e-n).
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shunt
(ʃʌnt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a conducting element bridged across part of an electrical circuit so as to establish a parallel, alternative path for a portion of the current.
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than
(ðæn, ðɛn; unstressed ðən, ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used after some adverbs and adjectives expressing choice or diversity, such as other, otherwise, else, anywhere, different, etc., to introduce an alternative or denote a difference in kind, place, style, identity, etc.):
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gaia hypothesis
(ˈgeɪ ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a model of the earth as a self-regulating organism, advanced as an alternative to a mechanistic model.
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possible action
(possibility, possible action, opening)
Princeton's WordNet
a possible alternative
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opening
(possibility, possible action, opening)
Princeton's WordNet
a possible alternative
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impossibility
(impossibility, impossible action)
Princeton's WordNet
an alternative that is not available
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impossible action
(impossibility, impossible action)
Princeton's WordNet
an alternative that is not available
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