Alternative

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 title, the use of a secondary title for a work when it is distributed or sold in other countries

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

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

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

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