Synonyms: option, alternative, choice
Definition: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
Usage: what option did I have?; there no other alternative; my only choice is to refuse
Similar words: deciding, decision making
Definition: the cognitive process of reaching a decision
Usage: a good executive must be good at decision making
Synonyms: alternative
Definition: necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
Usage: alternative possibilities were neutrality or war
Similar words: disjunctive
Definition: serving or tending to divide or separate
Synonyms: alternative
Definition: pertaining to unconventional choices
Usage: an alternative life style
Similar words: unconventional
Definition: not conventional or conformist
Usage: unconventional life styles
Synonyms: alternate, alternative, substitute
Definition: serving or used in place of another
Usage: an alternative plan
Similar words: secondary
Definition: being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
Usage: the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher; a secondary source; a secondary issue; secondary streams