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

Example Sentences

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Apple has previously called the claims unfounded, saying no customer is required to use the iCloud service, with alternatives available, and that it "strongly disagrees" with the decision and plans to appeal.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

“Once those alternatives are in place, we lose the leverage.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

According to the department’s directive written in 2023, officers should consider voice commands and several alternatives before using lethal force.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Unlike Anthropic and OpenAI, which Kharazian said are incentivized to make users spend as much as possible on tokens, Cursor allows users to toggle between smarter but more expensive models and cheaper alternatives.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

Happily he let out that for years organic chemists had been arbitrarily favoring particular tautomeric forms over their alternatives on only the flimsiest of grounds.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson