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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181. You'll have to be patient with my mother she's going rather deaf.
182. My recent bad experience has rather blunted my enthusiasm for travel.
183. The government is prioritising the service sector, rather than investing in industry and production.
184. They decided to kill themselves rather than suffer a worse fate at the hands of their enemy.
185. Fear not that the lift shall come to an end ,but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.——J.H.
186. Knowledge can't replace friendship, I'd rather be an idiot than lose you.
187. I probably look as if I'm in my fifties rather than my seventies.
188. Classes are based on discussion rather than on the one-way transmission of knowledge.
189. I would like weeping with the smile rather than repenting with the cry,when my heart is broken ,is it needed to fix?
190. I'd rather stay at home than go for a walk.
191. I'm afraid I was rather bad-tempered yesterday; I think I owe you an apology.
192. She was rather imprecise about the cost of the trip.
193. Take care when you walk on that path - the paving stones are rather uneven.
194. "Have you ever wondered why British Rail would rather tart up their stations than improve services?" he asked.
195. If you can wait for miracle, I'd rather wait, even a year[sentencedict.com], or the life!
196. I'd rather live in a small town than a big city.
197. Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go, but rather learning to start over.
198. Few things are impossible in themselves, and it is often for want of will, rather than of means, that man fails to succeed.
199. The patient has responded to the treatment rather better than expected.
200. I think my husband is the most handsome man in the world, but I realize my judgment is rather subjective.
201. Single parents seem to be the norm rather than the exception nowadays.
202. We'd better struggle for the future rather than regret for the past.
203. I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
204. I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!
205. I was rather surprised to see him with his ex-wife.
206. They produced some rather unconvincing explanations for the system failure.
207. He is rather far away, but if you shout,(sentencedict.com) he may hear you.
208. The informative asides about rural life make this wine guide rather special.
209. I'd rather love someone I can't have than have someone I can't Love.
210. The building relies on clever design rather than on ornament for its impressive effect.
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.