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rather

Synonyms

Adverb

1. instead

2. kind of

3. kinda, sort of, preferably

4. sooner, quite

Usage
Opinion: Rather than paying down debt, Canadians are happily borrowing even deeper - The Globe and Mail
Prediction Markets Are Booming, but I'd Rather Bet on These 3 AI Stocks - The Motley Fool
Tom Brevoort Would Rather Make Marvel Fans Angry Than Indifferent - Bleeding Cool News
Watch Expect $4 Gas Sooner Rather Than Later, Morse Says - Bloomberg.com
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa to retire rather than run in redrawn San Diego district - LAist
Trump says Iran wants a deal rather than face military action - BBC
Winter Olympics: Show respect rather than jeer the Americans, says IOC boss - Sky News
We designed an AI tutor that helps college students reason rather than give them answers - The Conversation
Why a Woman Would Rather Love a Statue Than a Man - The New Yorker
AI needs to augment rather than replace humans or the workplace is doomed | Heather Stewart - The Guardian
Hughesville players not competing for themselves, but rather the team - sungazette.com
Lindt & Spruengli CEO Organic Growth Rather Than M&A Is The Preferred Option - TradingView
Spring fatigue is a cultural rather than biological phenomenon - News-Medical
Here’s what people say they’d rather do than file their tax returns - WFSB
Trump disturbingly jokes about sinking Iranian ships rather than capturing them because it's 'more fun' - UNILAD
Marvel Comics Executive Reveals Why He'd Rather Make Fans Angry Than Indifferent - ComicBookMovie.com
“What if we taught students to use AI critically, rather tha... - Kottke.org
GOP's Darrell Issa won't seek reelection in newly redrawn congressional district - CalMatters
TD Cowen: AI likely to augment rather than replace insurance brokers - Reinsurance News
More family businesses consider selling rather than passing to next generation - Hartford Business Journal
Prediction Markets Are Booming, but I'd Rather Bet on These 3 AI Stocks - Yahoo Finance
Rockets Need Alperen Sengun to Turn Things Around Rather Quickly - Sports Illustrated
The times they are a-changin' — but most Americans would rather they not - YouGov
Dan Rather | Biography, TV Shows, & Facts - Britannica
A now former NBA player is rather bitter towards the Kings - A Royal Pain
Trump's soft landings: The officials moved rather than fired - Axios
Barriers to access, rather than a lack of aptitude, are the primary obstacles preventing Filipino women from leading in the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) landscape, according to a report released by online learning platform Coursera. | via ANC 24/7 C - facebook.com
Dear Annie: Man with health issues would rather divorce than move to his wife’s family farm - NJ.com
Jim Cramer on CoreWeave: “I’d Rather Have You Buy NVIDIA” - Yahoo Finance
AWS would rather blame its own engineers than its AI - theregister.com
Would You Rather: Speak Every Language… or Talk to Animals? - Y100.7
Rich Rodriguez eyes a "spring festival" rather than a game - 247Sports
Kick Off Spring With This Cozy "Would You Rather" Quiz - BuzzFeed
Nothing Quick and Nothing Victorious. Rather, Total Failure. - QUASA Connect
Justice Ministry to pass Sde Teiman video leak probe to state attorney rather than AG - The Times of Israel
Pinkbike Poll: Would You Rather Only Ride Skinnies, Or Only Ride Flow Trails? - Pinkbike
Why your 2026 year-end is a launchpad rather than a finish line - The CFO
We’ll be learning more about Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed series rather soon - Gamereactor UK
How D.H.S. Retreated on Immigration Tactics After Minneapolis - The New York Times
Rather than a parting gift, WCC coaches seemed to leave parting shot for Gonzaga | Dave Boling - The Spokesman-Review
Ex-Prince Andrew Probe Deepens as Former Palace Aide Claims 'I Would Rather Talk To The Police' - Inquisitr News
Colts reportedly offered FA QB Daniel Jones ‘Sam Darnold money,’ but his camp had rather lofty counter offer - Yahoo Sports
Sabres are 'finally' playoff contenders and they're buyers instead of sellers at NHL trade deadline - AP News
Column: Trump isn't interested in being honorable — he'd rather be feared - Los Angeles Times
Deliverance: ‘I’d rather be mocked than silence God’s name’ – Tonto Dikeh declares - The Nation Newspaper
Kentucky basketball finds itself on a rather unflattering list with Louisville - Wildcat Blue Nation
EDITORIAL: Provisional budget needed rather than rush Diet passage - 朝日新聞
Fox News slammed for airing old video of Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony rather than Saturday’s actual footage - Yahoo
Albritton continues defense of Simplified Sellers Use Tax, calls for 'adaptation and adjustment' rather than overhaul - 1819 News
IDF: Operational factors rather than technical issues responsible for shorter-than-usual early warnings for some missile fire - The Times of Israel
McDonald’s C.E.O. Takes a Big Bite Out of a Burger. Maybe Scratch ‘Big.’ - The New York Times
In tariff cases, verbs rather than major pronouncements about presidential power give the court the off-ramp it’s looking for - SCOTUSblog
Climate rather than overgrazing explains most rangeland primary productivity change in Mongolia - Science | AAAS
Functional Connectivity Is Dominated by Aperiodic, Rather Than Oscillatory, Coupling - Journal of Neuroscience
Arknights: Endfield’s factory systems will “diversify rather than become more complex,” developers say. If things feel difficult, “there’s no need to rush” - AUTOMATON
See a Museum Through His Eyes? He’d Rather You Not. - The New York Times
EXCLUSIVE: I still find romance in movies rather dull, says Christian Bale - The Times of India
Would We Rather Humanities “Be Ruined Than Changed”? (opinion - Inside Higher Ed
USWNT survive rather than thrive to win SheBelieves Cup, learning lessons and bringing issues into focus - thepress.net
Survey finds more people would rather spend holidays with their dog - WIFR
Can Educators Focus on Connection Rather Than Grades? - Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
GLA: Mayor of London ‘forcing councils to spend on LTNs rather than potholes’ - southlondon.co.uk
Frequent experience with patients, rather than years on the job, saves lives in EMS care - Medical Xpress
Nadiya Hussain launches another blistering attack on the BBC as she now claims her show was cancelled after she had 'difficult conversations' with producers about focusing on food rather than her clothes and make-up - Daily Mail
Kara Swisher Would Rather Work for Sam Altman Than Mark Zuckerberg - WIRED
Taapsee Pannu Podcast : "People cast trending actors rather than good actors." - Bollywood Hungama
Coccolith clumped isotopes reveal modest rather than extreme northern high latitude amplification during the Miocene - Nature
Parenting stress, rather than parental gender identity, predicts child outcomes - Penn State University
Young women are so afraid of making decisions that they’d rather undo feminism - The Telegraph
Are rainforests now a cause of, rather than the answer to, climate change? - Al Jazeera
International Women's Day: "Younger women entering the industry now expect equality rather than hope for it" - Farmers Guardian
Betty Diaries: The Park City we’d rather not imagine - Park Record
Impact of the high oil price sticking, rather than just spiking - IFA Magazine
If this latest film leak is to be believed, Resident Evil movie director Zach Cregger is going to give us a rather wild ride - Eurogamer.net
The ’do that didn’t make me chopped; rather, chiseled and refined - The Bowdoin Orient
Spin density wave rather than tetragonal structure is prerequisite for superconductivity in La - Nature
Meghan to expand her As ever brand in Australia rather than UK | ITV News - ITVX
Sorry, I'd Rather Eat on the Chairlift than Stop for Lunch - skimag.com
Expecting The Unexpected: Living With Expectancy Rather Than Expectations - Focus on the Family
Guillermo del Toro Says He’d ‘Rather Die’ Than Use Generative AI in His Films: ‘Not Interested’ - Variety
Murray's Mailbag: Would the Nevada Wolf Pack rather be great in football or basketball? - Nevada Sports Net
What leads an employer to ‘build’ — rather than ‘buy’ — talent? - HR Dive
David McWilliams: Disruption to gas rather than oil might hit Ireland most dramatically - The Irish Times
Reduced water loss rather than increased photosynthesis controls CO - Nature
'We'd rather have rocks': Former homeless man speaks about living on Tulsa’s streets - Public Radio Tulsa
How You Answer These 365 Would You Rather Questions Says a Lot About You - Teen Vogue
'No other place I’d rather be': Rye Pothakos returns to Regina for 11th season with WCBL’s Red Sox - SaskToday.ca
Ollie Blyth-Lafferty to play for Edinburgh rather than Scotland Under-20s this weekend - theoffsideline.com
Rather than chasing productivity, turn to God to resolve restlessness, pope says - usccb
Stabilizing effects of biodiversity arise from species-specific dynamics rather than interspecific interactions in grasslands - Nature
Liverpool and Arsenal fans missing the 'pants' years? - Football365
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules - AP News
More than a road race — rather, a runaway success - theherald.co.za
What if L.A.'s so-called flaws were underappreciated assets rather than liabilities? - Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles Times
Longing for His Return Rather Than Date-Setting - AskDrBrown
A Rather Blustery Day: Community Activity Highlights for November 2025 - City of North Liberty
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI - NPR
Waterford judge fines man absent from court rather than send gardaí to follow up - waterford-news.ie
This International Women’s Day, let us dance for progress, rather than performance - Daily Nation
Some Days I'd Rather Ski Greens with Friends than Fresh Powder - skimag.com
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'rather'
Language Equivalent   Language Equivalent
French    Spanish
Misspellings - Typos
ather,   ratther,   rtaher,   raather,   ratheer,   arther,   rathet,   rther,   tather,   rrather,   rahter,   raher,   rater,   rathee,   rathe,   rathre,   ratjer,   eather,   rathor,   ratger,   rsther,   rathher,   ratehr,   ratherr,   rathr,   rathrr,   rarher,   rayher,   rathwr
Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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