100 Best Synonyms for “Alternatively”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	again	on another occasion or way
2.	another way	a different approach
3.	as a backup	as a reserve option
4.	as a fallback	as a backup choice
5.	as a last resort	if nothing else works
6.	as a plan B	as a second choice
7.	as a second choice	as another preferred option
8.	as a substitute	serving in place
9.	as an alternative	as another option
10.	as an option	as one possible choice
11.	as another option	as a different choice
12.	as another possibility	as a different possibility
13.	at any rate	in any case instead
14.	at least	if nothing else
15.	barring that	unless that happens
16.	best of all	as the best option
17.	better still	an even better option
18.	better yet	an even better option
19.	by another means	using a different method
20.	by another route	using a different path
21.	by contrast	as another possibility
22.	differently	in another manner
23.	else	as another option
24.	elsewise	in another way
25.	even so	despite that, still
26.	except instead	in place of that
27.	except that	other than that possibility
28.	failing that	if that does not work
29.	failing which	if that does not happen
30.	from a different angle	from another viewpoint
31.	from a different perspective	from another viewpoint
32.	from another angle	from a different viewpoint
33.	from another perspective	from a different viewpoint
34.	having said that	despite that, another view
35.	ideally	in the best case
36.	if necessary	when another option is needed
37.	if need be	if necessary instead
38.	if not	otherwise; failing that
39.	if nothing else	as a fallback option
40.	if that fails	if that option fails
41.	in another way	using a different approach
42.	in default	if no other choice
43.	in lieu	in place of
44.	in preference	by preference
45.	in reserve	kept as another option
46.	in turn	as another step
47.	instead	in place of that option
48.	looked at differently	considered another way
49.	minus that	with that removed
50.	more accurately	to be more exact
51.	more appropriately	in a more suitable way
52.	more effectively	in a better working way
53.	more efficiently	in a less wasteful way
54.	more fittingly	in a more suitable way
55.	more helpfully	in a more useful way
56.	more simply	in a simpler way
57.	more suitably	in a more fitting way
58.	more usefully	in a more helpful way
59.	nevertheless	despite that, another option
60.	next	as the next option
61.	nonetheless	despite that, another option
62.	optionally	as an optional alternative
63.	or barring that	or unless that happens
64.	or better yet	or as a better option
65.	or else	as another possibility
66.	or failing that	or if that fails
67.	or if not	or otherwise
68.	or instead	or in place of that
69.	or just	or simply instead
70.	or maybe	or perhaps instead
71.	or not	or the opposite choice
72.	or perhaps	or possibly instead
73.	or possibly	or as another possibility
74.	or simply	or in a simpler way
75.	or then	or as another possibility
76.	otherwise	if not; in another way
77.	practically	for practical purposes instead
78.	preferably	by preference instead
79.	rather	more properly instead
80.	realistically	in practical terms instead
81.	rephrased	said in another way
82.	save that	except for that option
83.	secondly	as the second option
84.	seen differently	viewed another way
85.	short of that	if that is impossible
86.	stated another way	expressed differently
87.	stated differently	expressed another way
88.	still	nevertheless; another angle
89.	that said	despite that, another view
90.	then again	looking at it differently
91.	through a different lens	from another perspective
92.	through other means	using another method
93.	to approach it differently	using another method
94.	to be exact	more exactly stated
95.	to be precise	more exactly stated
96.	via another route	by a different path
97.	via other means	by another method
98.	without that	excluding that option
99.	worded differently	phrased another way
100.	yet	nevertheless; another possibility