Alternatives

Alternative or alternate may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media
 Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki
 Alternative comedy, a range of styles used by comedians and writers in the 1980s
 Alternative comics, a genre of comic strips and books
 Alternative media, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication
 Alternative reality, in fiction
 Alternative title, the use of a secondary title for a work when it is distributed or sold in other countries

Music
 Alternative (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys
 The Alternative (album), an album by IAMX
 "Randy Scouse Git" (released as "Alternate Title" in the UK), by the Monkees, 1967
 "Altern-ate", song by H-el-ical//, 2020

Genres
 Alternative country
 Alternative dance
 Alternative hip hop
 Alternative metal
 Alternative R&B
 Alternative reggaeton
 Alternative rock, also known as "alternative music" or simply "alternative"
 Indie pop, sometimes known as "alternative pop"
 Indie folk, sometimes known as "alternative folk"

Culture and society
 Alternate (sports), a replacement or backup for a regular or starting team player
 Alternative culture, a variety of subcultures existing along the fringes of mainstream culture
 Alternative dispute resolution, processes and techniques outside the traditional mainstream of jurisprudence
 Alternative fashion, for example Gothic fashion, Punk fashion, Fetish fashion
 Alternative lifestyle, a lifestyle that is not within the cultural norm
 Alternative medicine, healing practice that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine

Education
 Alternative education, non-traditional education
 Alternative school, a school geared towards students whose needs cannot be met in a traditional school

Mathematics and science
 Alternative algebra, an abstract algebra with alternative multiplication
 Alternativity, a weaker property than associativity
 Alternate leaves, a classification in botanical phyllotaxis

Other uses
 Alternative investment, investment other than stocks, bond (finance), money funds, and cash