Thesaurus results for INSTEAD

instead

adverb

in-ˈsted

Definition of instead next

as in rather

as a substitute I was offered a ride, but I chose to walk instead

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Recent Examples of instead Commissioners Bridget Degnen and Sean Morrison are stepping aside, while Kevin Morrison and Donna Miller opted to run for Congress instead. —

A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026 But could Ryan end up being the starter instead? —

Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026 Multiple sources have indicated the Aztecs won’t accept either and instead get started on what figures to be a turbulent offseason. —

Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026 But the Navy assigned him to a clerical job at Tinker instead, his mother Alicia Kelsey said. —

Brianna Bailey, The Frontier, 14 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for instead

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rather

Adverb

In other words, the sun may not have arrived in a life-friendly environment purely by chance, but rather as a consequence of the formation of the galactic bar.

— Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2026
The reason the rap got the thumbs up from the crew was not just due to the freestyle stylings of the burgeoning MC, but rather a matter of practicing what everyone had been preaching.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026