ALTERNATIVES Synonyms

• the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• the act of choosing or selecting

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• a future prospect or potential

• capability of existing or happening or being true

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a possible alternative

• a strong liking

• a predisposition in favor of something

• the right or chance to choose

• grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)

• the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

• someone who takes the place of another person

• an event in which one thing is substituted for another

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• filling again by supplying what has been used up

• a person who follows next in order

• the act of choosing or selecting

• an assortment of things from which a choice can be made

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

• a passage selected from a larger work

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• serving or used in place of another

• artificial and inferior

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• be a substitute

• act as a substitute

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• noticeable heterogeneity

• (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

• a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• a difference that is usually pleasant

• of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired

• someone who takes the place of another person

• every second one of a series

• serving or used in place of another

• occurring by turns; first one and then the other

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

• exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

• be an understudy or alternate for a role

• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

• do something in turns

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the act of choosing or selecting

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• of superior grade

• appealing to refined taste

• the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited

• one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

• the act of choosing or selecting

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• serving or used in place of another

• artificial and inferior

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• be a substitute

• act as a substitute