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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211. The terms of the contract were effectively imposed rather than agreed.
212. Some of the member states wanted a tighter union rather than the loose confederation that developed.
213. I'd rather be a happy fool than a sad sage.
214. It is easier to think in concrete terms rather than in the abstract.
215. I liked the film but the book was rather heavy going.
216. I was rather daunted by the thought of addressing such an audience.
217. We'll have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the auditorium.
218. Mr Wallace tries to co-opt rather than defeat his critics.
219. Remember the best love is to love others unconditionally rather than make demands on them.
220. You have to be careful what you say to Kevin - he's rather touchy.
221. if you can wait for miracle, i'd rather wait, even a year,(sentencedict.com) or the life!
222. Though I love you so much , yet you would rather die than love me , wouldn't you?
223. I'm feeling rather tired, so I think I'll sit out the next dance.
224. His efforts involved thought experiments and analogies, rather than detailed experimentation.
225. They have already declared their intention to fight on rather than settle for half-measures.
226. It's good that he used direct taxation rather than stealth taxes to raise the money.
227. It was rather thoughtless of him(http://Sentencedict.com), to say the least.
228. We sailed past the island's rather dark and forbidding cliffs.
229. Our findings relate to physically rather than the visually handicapped pupils.
230. If we can only encounter each other rather than stay with each other,then i wish we had never encountered.
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.