Rather

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. More readily; preferably: I'd rather go to the movies.
  • ad. With more reason, logic, wisdom, or other justification.
  • ad. More exactly; more accurately: He's my friend, or rather he was my friend.
  • ad. To a certain extent; somewhat: rather cold.
  • ad. On the contrary.
  • ad. Chiefly British Most certainly. Used as an emphatic affirmative reply.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To prefer; to prefer to.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Prior; earlier; former.
  • ad. Earlier; sooner; before.
  • ad. More readily or willingly; preferably.
  • ad. On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead.
  • ad. Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.
  • ad. More properly; more correctly speaking.
  • ad. In some degree; somewhat
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • More quickly; quicker. See rath, adverb, 1.
  • Earlier; sooner.
  • More readily or willingly; with better liking; with preference or choice; in preference, as compared with something else.
  • In preference; preferably; with better reason; better.
  • More properly; more correctly speaking; more.
  • On the contrary; to the contrary of what has been just stated.
  • In a greater degree; much; considerably; also, in colloquial use, in some degree; somewhat: qualifying a verb.
  • In some degree or measure; somewhat; moderately: usually qualifying an adverb or an adjective: as, she is rather pretty.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. more readily or willingly
  • ad. to a degree (not used with a negative)
  • ad. on the contrary
  • ad. to some (great or small) extent
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    utterly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    prior    earlier    former    sooner    before    preferably    instead    somewhat    more    as lief   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brother    Cather    Mather    Mother    another    bather    blather    brother    gather    lather   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    still    really    few    once    little    people    far    three-score    quite