alternatives

NOUN

possible choice

Synonyms

STRONGEST

opportunity option substitute

STRONG

druthers pick preference recourse redundancy selection sub

WEAK

back-up other other fish in sea other fish to fry take it or leave it

Antonyms

STRONG

rejection

WEAK

compulsion constraint necessity obligation restraint

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alternatives

But regional and community banks have been struggling to keep their depositors in recent years, facing fierce competition from national megabanks and online investing alternatives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Some families who objected to those policies helped fuel explicitly Christian scouting alternatives.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

The full research paper, "Mycotoxin contamination in plant-based beverages and meat alternatives: A survey of the UK market," is published in Food Control.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

So far, most of the world has responded to the unfolding crisis with a combination of demand curbs and pricier but workable alternatives to Middle East oil.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

In any case, there were alternatives to the language of progress which served exactly the same purpose—the languages of invention and discovery.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton