Apple needs to do a much better job promoting their own apps. Not trying to make fun of you, just honestly surprised there are still people out there with Macs who don't know about Pages/Numbers/Keynote. (I mean, Pages feels like such the obvious alternative to me that I'm almost a little dumbfounded that someone is actually asking this question, if I'm being perfectly honest. Even used it all through college, and, even with a writing heavy major, it served me perfectly well then, too. Highly recommended, been using it well since back when it still had the old icon.
So, all that to say, imho Pages is the clear Word alternative for Mac, no contest. All you need is a web browser (Edge or Firefox will do) and sign in at. So even if you're away from your Mac, you can still access these apps and all your documents. Plus, Pages/Numbers/Keynote all have iOS counterparts and web app counterparts, and they all sync via iCloud.
I’d honestly recommend using google docs/sheets instead and then exporting those. Also, formatting can be weird as well on Word and Excel. Also, some basic functions in word like highlighting texts doesn’t work well at all unless you have a mouse on you. And it's very well integrated for things like multi-tasking and collaboration, and it is frequently updated with new features and improvements. But if you’re trying to run multiple versions of office (word, excel, etc.) simultaneously like you would on a PC, it won’t work. Pages is made by Apple, so it'll definitely look good and blend well UI-wise.
It comes pre-installed with every version of macOS since I think Yosemite or El Capitan, so you should already have it. I mean, Pages (and Numbers and Keynote) should be the obvious, no-brainer alternative.
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