Synonyms for instead
ɪnˈstɛdin·stead

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1. insteadadverb

   Synonyms:
   in lieu of

2. insteadadverb

   In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative

   I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.

   Synonyms:
   in lieu of

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1. alternatively, instead, or elseadverb

   in place of, or as an alternative to

   "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"

   Synonyms:
   alternatively, rather, or else

2. rather, insteadadverb

   on the contrary

   "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

   Synonyms:
   sooner, kinda, alternatively, quite, or else, sort of, preferably, kind of, rather

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1. insteadadjective

   Synonyms:
   in lieu, in the room, in the stead, in the place

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1. List of paraphrases for "instead":

   rather, lnstead, conversely, pretty, however, alternatively

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1. Professor Thomas:

   Because of advances in technology and medical science, people no longer understand the body as something natural that you're born with and live with. Instead, we understand it much more as something that is changeable and mutable, people have all sorts of surgical interventions, medical and cosmetic. It is even possible to change your gender. This means that we now see our body as something we have a responsibility to design and make. Even something as simple as a fitness routine or a tan indicates this attitude.

2. Zhou Xiaochuan:

   As for how it will be similar to global funds, it is somewhat like the World Bank's IFC( International Finance Corp), the African Development Bank's mutual development fund and the China Africa Development Fund, what is different is that those funds are financed by a handful of investors instead of raising funds from the public.

3. Lee Hsien Loong:

   What they wanted was greener molecules, so instead of building a massively expensive cable, simply put in the solar farm … create the hydrogen, put in the nitrogen, if you want ammonia, (or) carbon dioxide, if you want synthetic green methane, or just straight hydrogen, and ship that to Singapore, because that’s what they’re telling me they want.

4. Jalel Harchaoui:

   Libya is a corrupt, fractured environment that offers many rewards to actors bent on evading political compromise and using brute force instead, others will feel excluded and tempted to conduct attacks and grab territory.

5. Marie Curie:

   There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.