Synonyms for instead
ɪnˈstɛdin·stead

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1. insteadadverb

   Synonyms:
   in lieu of

2. insteadadverb

   In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative

   I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.

   Synonyms:
   in lieu of

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1. alternatively, instead, or elseadverb

   in place of, or as an alternative to

   "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"

   Synonyms:
   alternatively, rather, or else

2. rather, insteadadverb

   on the contrary

   "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

   Synonyms:
   sooner, kinda, alternatively, quite, or else, sort of, preferably, kind of, rather

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1. insteadadjective

   Synonyms:
   in lieu, in the room, in the stead, in the place

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1. List of paraphrases for "instead":

   rather, lnstead, conversely, pretty, however, alternatively

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1. Andre Bernard Buruch:

   I was the son of an immigrant. I experienced bigotry, intolerance and prejudice, even as so many of you have. Instead of allowing these thing to embitter me, I took them as spurs to more strenuous effort.

2. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

   Be positive in all that you allow yourself to be, if you do not feel positive don't allow that self to be, instead transform into someone you want other people to be. Imagine you are like the you in heaven and heaven in others will come out of them to you.

3. Aengus Kelly:

   If demand isn't there and they have to drop the price precipitously to sell, then my view is they won't do it and they will instead cut production.

4. Thomas Filingeri:

   I came to realize that a human without purpose is not 100% human, people without purpose, without a sense of what they need to become. They have instead become an unrecognizable creature of some kind. Look around you in our society, it's visible in our daily lives. I even see it in myself sometimes, but I never completely accept it.

5. American Christian Taylor:

   I was having a lot of patella issues with left knee, it got to where I was focusing on coming out of competitions healthy instead of trying to strive for a world record.