Alternative
Alternative noun - The power, right, or opportunity to choose.
Solution and alternative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Solution" instead a noun "Alternative".
Solution
Solution noun - Something attained by mental effort and especially by computation.
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Synonyms for Solution
Alternative and solution are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alternative" instead a noun "Solution".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| sensible | sensible alternative | sensible solution |
| preferred | preferred alternative | preferred solution |
| good | good alternative | good solution |
| best | best alternative | best solution |
| Other adjectives: better, common, standard, humane, reasonable, obvious, effective, logical, actual, real, violent, acceptable, interesting, peaceful, practical, new, possible, suggested, proposed, workable, viable, cheaper, simpler. | ||
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- Alternatively, it can be used to defend the status quo by counting up the flaws in a proposed alternative without comparing it to the current solution, which has its own flaws.
Source: Perfect Solution Fallacy - Garrett's solution even harks back to the one Poirot presents as the alternative to the trope.
Source: Everybody Did It -
Compare Stating the Simple Solution or Kill Him Already, when someone else suggests murder as a more sensible alternative to, say, a Death Trap.
Source: Murder Is the Best Solution
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