4
resort(noun, remedy, replacement, alternate, surrogate)
4
underground(adjective, secret, subversive)
3
druthers(noun, right, fancy, benefit, top)
3
equivalent(substitute, replacement, alternate, stand-in)
3
unconventional(adjective, unusual, strange, radical, eccentric)
3
unusual(adjective, strange, trendy, eccentric, secretive)
3
additional(adjective, place, lower, new, inferior)
3
alternately(adverb, rather, instead, alternatively)
3
alternating
3
another reason
3
auxiliary(new, extra, replacement, additional, alternate)
3
change(noun, substitute, replacement, variation, substitution)
3
changeling(replacement, alternate, substitution)
3
course
3
decision(noun, pick, choice, primary, selection)
3
determination(noun, pick, choice, decision, primary)
3
disjunctive
3
exchange(noun, substitution)
3
judgment(noun, pick, choice, decision, primary)
3
locum tenens(expression, idiom, replacement, alternate, substitution)
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