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| Main Entry: |
alternative
[awl-tur-nuh-tiv, al-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possible choice |
| Synonyms: | back-up, druthers, opportunity, option, other, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub, substitute, take it or leave it |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
| Antonyms: | compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint |
| Main Entry: | election |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | choosing; voting |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appointment, ballot, balloting, choice, decision, determination, franchise, judgment, option, poll, polls, preference, primary, referendum, selection, ticket, vote-casting |
| Main Entry: | loophole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | escape |
| Synonyms: | alternative, escape clause, means of escape, outlet, technicality, way out |
| Main Entry: | preference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | first choice |
| Synonyms: | alternative, choice, cup of tea, desire, druthers, election, favorite, flash*, groove, inclination, option, partiality, pick, predilection, prepossession, propensity, say, say so, selection, top, weakness |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred, last choice, rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | selection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preference from among choices |
| Synonyms: | alternative, choice, choosing, collection, culling, draft, druthers, election, excerpt, option, pick, picking |
| Antonyms: | refusal, rejection |
| Main Entry: | variant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derived form |
| Synonyms: | alternative, branch, development, exception, irregularity, modification, result, spinoff, variation, version |
| Antonyms: | base, root |
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | direction, route |
| Synonyms: | access, admission, admittance, advance, alternative, approach, artery, avenue, bearing, boulevard, byway, channel, course, distance, door, drag*, elbowroom, entrance, entry, entrée, extent, forward motion, gate, gateway, headway, highway, ingress, journey, lane, length, line, march, movement, opening, orbit, passage, path, pathway, progress, progression, ride, road, room, row, space, stone's throw, street, stretch, tendency, thataway, thoroughfare, track, trail, trend, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shortcut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bypass |
| Synonyms: | alternate route, alternative, timesaver, timesaving method |
| Main Entry: | fallback |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | replacement |
| Synonyms: | alternative, backup, contingency, plan B, substitute |
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