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. John Kilduff:

   King Abdullah was the architect of the current strategy to keep production high and force out smaller players instead of cutting.

2. Elizabeth Perrin:

   Glenn Youngkin's victory showcases the Commonwealth's desire to elect a public servant instead of a political servant, what we have seen is the importance of family values and parental rights in our education system.

3. President Barack Obama:

   You see by pushing the bomber away from the formation, the explosion occurred farther from our forces and on the ground instead of the open air, had both bombs gone off as planned, who knows how many could have been killed.

4. Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi:

   If we adopt this two phased approach ... we can fix what we have now instead of delaying and paying more later.

5. Brett Giroir:

   The change in mask guidance was based on new information and data, of course, I had some issues back then because we did not know that masks did not work. We just did not have affirmative evidence that they did work, and we needed to conserve masks for health care workers. Fauci should have been upfront with that as well as the rest of the medical leadership on the task force, stating that we do n’t know if they work instead of saying do n’t wear them.