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Grep of noun alternative alternative alternative birth alternative birthing alternative energy alternative medicine alternative pleading pleading in the alternative Overview of noun alternative The noun alternative has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (16) option, alternative, choice -- (an alternative action "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse") Overview of adj alternative The adj alternative has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) alternate, alternative -- (allowing a choice; "an alternative plan") 2. (1) alternative, mutually exclusive -- (necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that') 3. alternative -- (pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style") Antonyms of adj alternative 3 senses of alternative Sense 1 alternate, alternative INDIRECT (VIA secondary) -> primary Sense 2 alternative, mutually exclusive INDIRECT (VIA disjunctive) -> conjunctive Sense 3 alternative INDIRECT (VIA unconventional, unconventional) -> conventional INDIRECT (VIA unconventional) -> conventional Similarity of adj alternative 3 senses of alternative Sense 1 alternate, alternative => secondary (vs. primary) Sense 2 alternative, mutually exclusive => disjunctive (vs. conjunctive) Sense 3 alternative => unconventional (vs. conventional) (vs. conventional) Attributes of adj alternative Familiarity of adj alternative alternative used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj alternative alternative Overview of noun alternative The noun alternative has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (16) option, alternative, choice -- (an alternative action "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse") Overview of adj alternative The adj alternative has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) alternate, alternative -- (allowing a choice; "an alternative plan") 2. (1) alternative, mutually exclusive -- (necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that') 3. alternative -- (pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style")
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