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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benefit, choice, claim, dibs, dilemma, discretion, druthers, election, flipside, franchise, free will, grant, license, opportunity, other side of coin, pickup, preference, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, take it or leave it |
| Main Entry: | additional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra, supplementary |
| Synonyms: | added, affixed, appended, further, increased, more, new, on the side, option, other, over-and-above, padding, perk, spare, supplementary |
| Antonyms: | necessary |
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| 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: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to select; selection |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, druthers, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, finding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness |
| 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: | free will |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free choice |
| Synonyms: | assent, choice, conation, consent, desire, determination, discretion, free choice, free decision, freedom, inclination, intention, mind, one's discretion, one's own choice, one's own will, option, own say so, own sweet way, person's full intent and purpose, pleasure, power, say so, velleity, volition, voluntary decision, willingness, wish |
| Antonyms: | responsibility |
| Main Entry: | pleasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | will, inclination |
| Synonyms: | choice, command, desire, fancy, liking, mind, option, preference, purpose, velleity, want, wish |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
| Main Entry: | predisposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willingness, inclination |
| Synonyms: | bent*, bias, choice, cup of tea, dish*, disposition, druthers, flash, groove, leaning, likelihood, liking, option, partiality, penchant, potentiality, predilection, preference, proclivity, proneness, propensity, susceptibility, tendency, thing*, type, weakness |
| Antonyms: | disinclination, unwillingness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
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