Word: alternative
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: al
ter
na
tive
Definition: One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
Morphemes:
Affix: alter
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder).
Affix: -ate
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: a thing characterised by the specified thing
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.