Alternative or alternate may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

  • Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki
  • Alternative comics, or independent comics are an alternative to mainstream superhero comics
  • Alternative fashion, fashion that stands apart from mainstream, commercial fashion.
  • Alternative manga, manga published outside the more commercial market, or which have different art styles, themes, and narratives to those found in the more popular manga magazines.
  • AlterNative, academic journal
  • The Alternative (film), a 1978 Australian television film
  • The Alternative, a radio show hosted by Tony Evans
  • 120 Minutes (2004 TV program), an alternative rock music video program formerly known as The Alternative
  • The American Spectator, an American magazine formerly known as The Alternative: An American Spectator

Music

  • Alternative dance, a musical genre that mixes alternative rock with electronic dance music
  • Alternative hip hop, subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses a wide range of styles that are not typically identified as mainstream
  • Alternative pop, pop music with broad commercial appeal that is made by figures outside the mainstream, or which is considered more original, challenging, or eclectic than traditional pop music
  • Alternative rock, also known as "alternative music" or simply "alternative"
  • Alternative metal, genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal
  • Alternative (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys
  • The Alternative (album), an album by IAMX
  • The Alternative (online magazine), a music and culture site founded in 2014.
  • "Altern-ate", a song by H-el-ical//, 2020

Sports

  • Alternate (sports), a replacement or backup for a regular or starting team player

Mathematics and science

  • Alternativity, a weaker property than associativity
  • Alternate leaves, a classification in botanical phyllotaxis

Politics

  • The Alternative (Denmark), a green political party in Denmark
  • The Alternative (France), electoral coalition
  • The Alternative (Palestine), a former electoral alliance of several socialist Palestinian groups
  • Alternativa (Kosovo), a liberal political party in Kosovo
  • Alternativa (Italian political party), a populist political party in Italy
  • Alternativa (North Macedonia), a political party in North Macedonia
  • Alternative (political bloc), in the Republic of Moldova

See also

  • Alt-right (abbreviated from alternative right) is a far-right, white nationalist movement.
  • Alt porn, a shortening of "alternative pornography," is a subgenre of pornography that is centered around alternative subcultures, such as goths, hipsters, emos, scenes, skaters or ravers, and is often produced by small and independent websites or filmmakers
  • Alternate (theatre)
  • Alternative fuel
  • Alternative fuel locomotive
  • Alternative fuel vehicle
  • Alternative housing
  • Alternative lifestyle
  • Alternative natural materials
  • Alternate reality (disambiguation)
  • Alternatives, a Canadian non-governmental organization
  • Alternating (disambiguation)
  • Alternative culture, a variety of subcultures existing along the fringes of mainstream culture
  • Alternative education, non-traditional education
  • Alternative facts, expression associated with political misinformation coined in 2017
  • Alternative media, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication
  • Alternative music (disambiguation)
  • Alternative press (disambiguation)
  • The Alternate (disambiguation)
  • Alternative science (disambiguation)