Alternative or alternate may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
Alternative (Kamen Rider), a character in the Japanese TV series Kamen Rider Ryuki
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 (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys
The Alternative (album), an album by IAMX
"Altern-ate", a song by H-el-ical//, 2020
Alternative rock, also known as "alternative music" or simply "alternative"
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
Alternative (Mauritania), political party
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 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
See also
Alternate (theatre)
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)