instead
Meaning of instead
adverb
- as an alternative or substitute.
do not use lotions, but put on a clean dressing instead
she never married, preferring instead to remain single
Middle English (originally as two words): from in + stead.
Information about instead
- It is an adverb.
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Hyphenation of instead
in-stead
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- instead is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
instead synonyms
Meaning alternatively:
Meaning rather:
Meaning preferably; in an ideal world:
Meaning with two things continually following and succeeded by each other; one after the other:
Translation of instead
- German: dafür, stattdessen, statt, anstatt
- Italian: anziché
Anagrams of instead
Danites, destain, detains, nidates, sainted, satined, stained
Words that rhyme with instead
tead, protead, Alstead, Banstead, Barnstead, Grimstead, Hallstead, Halstead, Hampstead, Hempstead, Homestead, Olmstead, Ornstead, Stead, Volstead, abbeystead, battlestead, bedstead, bestead, doomstead, doorstead, fairstead, farmstead, girdlestead, gravestead, heapstead, hearthstead, homestead, marketstead, middenstead, midstead, mootstead, mowstead, noonstead, onstead, playstead, ramstead, ranstead, roadstead, roomstead, saddlestead, stead, sunstead, thingstead, toftstead, waterstead, wathstead, wellstead
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