Alternative
Alternative noun - The power, right, or opportunity to choose.
Otherwise and alternative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Otherwise" instead a conjunction "Alternative".
Otherwise
Otherwise adverb - In a different way.
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Synonyms for Otherwise
Alternative and otherwise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternative" instead a conjunction "Otherwise".
Both words in one sentence
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Loved the stylus-only controls otherwise, but parts like that made it far trickier than it perhaps could have been were there alternative controls.
Source: Some Dexterity Required - It's the better alternative than the horrible, miserable wreck of a man he'd be otherwise.
Source: Jerkass Woobie / Web Original - He's basically never a skilled fighter (unless appearing in some alternative version like Superduck/Paperinik), and otherwise tends to be some mixture of resourceful and dumb.
Source: Invincible Incompetent
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Otherwise and Alternative. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alternative/otherwise
Alternative & Otherwise. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/alternative/otherwise>.
Otherwise or Alternative. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alternative/otherwise.
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