1. In place of, or as an alternative to
   "alternatively we could buy a used car"
   - instead, or else, in lieu

See also: alternative

• in play
• in point of fact
• in practice
• in principle
• in private
• in public
• in question
• in re
• in reality
• in return
• in secret
• in series
• in short
• in short order
• in small stages
• in some manner
• in some way
• in someone's way
• in spades
• in spite of
• in spite of appearance
• in stages
• in stock
• in store
• in straitened circumstances