Synonyms for rather

Other words for “rather”, grouped by meaning.

We found 7 synonyms for “rather”. The most common are instead, kind of, kinda, sort of, preferably.

adverb on the contrary

Synonymsinstead

adverb to some (great or small) extent

adverb more readily or willingly

adverb to a degree (not used with a negative)

Synonymsquite

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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