Synonym: instead, kind of, kinda, preferably, quite, sooner, sort of. Similar words: or rather, rather than, father, gather, math, leather, baths, feather. Meaning: ['ræðə(r) /'rɑː-] 
adv. 1. on the contrary 2. to some (great or small) extent 3. more readily or willingly 4. to a degree (not used with a negative).
adv. 1. on the contrary 2. to some (great or small) extent 3. more readily or willingly 4. to a degree (not used with a negative). 
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151. This house is rather big for us. We need something smaller.
152. "You said you'd stay till tomorrow." — "I know, Bel, but I think I would rather go back."
153. Mrs Blower was the rather stout lady with the glasses and the sensible shoes.
154. They use opium as a sedative, rather than as a narcotic.
155. I rather fancy the Antipodes for a holiday this summer.
156. It was music of a rather crude kind which unsophisticated audiences enjoyed listening to.
157. The results of the research should be used for the common good rather than for individual profit.
158. I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.
159. high-talent people lazy by nature, if, that is, not from efforts to develop his talents, his achievements would not have significant, sometimes, rather it would be better than him at the day low.
160. Some of the leaders of the coup took their lives rather than face dishonour.
161. He likes selling rather than office work because it keeps him on the move.
162. It would be better for the environment if more people used bikes rather than cars.
163. It's better for the sick to be cared for at home rather than in hospital.
164. This argument aimed at the understanding rather than the emotions.
165. Spending the summer travelling round India is a great idea, but it does rather beg the question of how we can afford it.
166. There are no hard and fast rules[sentencedict.com], but rather traditional guidelines as to who pays for what.
167. Many countries charge departure tax in US dollars rather than local currency.
168. He preferred to stay at home rather than go with us.
169. If you can wait for miracle,i'd rather wait,even a year,or the life!
170. If all affectionate care, that I would rather no one answered.
171. The party's ambitions have been rather deflated by the two recent by-election defeats.
172. John was rather backward as a child; he was nearly three before he could walk.
173. Rather over enthusiastically,(sentencedict.com) he tried to do it all himself.
174. I'm in a rather tricky position; can you help me out?
175. The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.
176. Helicopters are mainly used for military rather than civil use.
177. I think she takes a rather cynical view of men.
178. Most of the buildings in this town are rather unattractive, but this church is an exception.
179. The Government was keen for people to get married rather than shack up.
180. I'd rather e-mail than phone, if that's OK by you.
More similar words: or rather, rather than, father, gather, math, leather, baths, feather, death, at hand, bathos, at home, at heart, breath, apathy, athlete, athletic, anathema, gathering, pathetic, beneath, bathroom, a thought, sympathy, Catholic, grandfather, breathing, put to death, out of breath, rat.