Gruyere Cheese Substitute

[farnfam]

Well, my onions are finaly getting a sweet taste and I'm getting ready to make the Splendid Soup version of French Onion Soup!!
I don't have Gruyere cheese and no desire to travel an hour in this freezing rain, to the nearest place that MIGHT have some. But we did get a few different cheeses for Christmas. What would work in place of Gruyere?
Cis

[Ron]

I would think that Swiss would be a reasonably good substitution.
OR:
Gruyere = Gruyère Pronunciation: grew-YARE Notes: Gruyères are excellent melting cheeses, and they're commonly used to make fondues, soufflés, gratins, and hot sandwiches. Varieties include Swiss Gruyère, Beaufort, and Comté. Substitutes: Emmentaler OR Jarlsberg OR Appenzell OR raclette OR Swiss cheese

[Lorraine]

Jarlsberg works as well.

[esgunn]

I would think any kind of swiss or how about a fontina?

[cjs]

I think every cheese mentioned would be wonderful - even a cheddar would be tasty!

Raclette????? Oh my, hadn't thot of that and I have some more pcs in the freezer from the 6 pounder we got at Christmas. That's what I'll sure use.

[Calliope]

I always use Swiss for my french onion soup.