Alternative or alternate may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

* Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' * ''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 ''The American Spectator'' is a conservative American magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. It was founded in 1967 by Tyrrell, who remains its editor ...

'', an American magazine formerly known as ''The Alternative: An American Spectator'' *

Alternative comedy Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era. The phrase has had different connotations in different contexts: in the UK, it was used to describe ...

, a range of styles used by comedians and writers in the 1980s *

Alternative comics Alternative comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream superhero comics which ...

, a genre of comic strips and books *

Alternative media Alternative media are media sources that differ from established or dominant types of media (such as mainstream media or mass media) in terms of their content, production, or distribution.Downing, John (2001). ''Radical Media''. Thousand Oaks, CA ...

, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication *

Alternative reality A parallel universe, also known as a parallel dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with one's own. The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reali ...

, 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), ''Alternative'' (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys * The Alternative (album), ''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

Politics

* The Alternative (Palestine), a former electoral alliance of several socialist Palestinian groups * The Alternative (Denmark), a green political party in Denmark * Alternativa (Kosovo political party), a liberal political party in Kosovo * Alternativa (Italian political party), a populist political party in Italy * Alternativa (North Macedonian political party), an Albanian political party in North Macedonia

Other uses

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