alternative meaning
EN
[ˌɒlˈtɜːnətɪv] 
US WAlternative
- Alternative may refer to:
FR alternative 
- NounPLalternativesSUF-ative
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- Adjective
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- an alternative proposition
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, alternative rock).
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Other.
- alternate; reciprocal.
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- She accepted an unpaid position at Poke, a digital advertising agency on the Lower East Side, viewing her payless toiling as an investment in her career, an inexpensive alternative to graduate school.
- They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.
- Interestingly, range restrictedness, i.e. the alternative estimation of endemism examined in this study, was not found to be significantly related to plant vulnerability.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- In future, with further interventions to circumvent the problems we have identified herein, telomerised cells may still be a viable alternative.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of alternative in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "alternative" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.