Instead

//ɪnˈstɛd//

Synonyms for "instead" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adverb(1 words)
alternatively

Strong matches (2)

Adverb(1 words)
in lieu

Related words (3)

Adverb(2 words)
or elserather

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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Showing 16 of 24 words.

Translations

84 translations across 44 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • në vend që adv (in the place of (it))
  • në vend të adv (in the place of (it))

Arabic

1 entries
  • بَدَلاً مِن adv (in the place of (it))

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܚܠܦ adv (in the place of (it))

Assamese

2 entries
  • অৰ সলনি adv (in the place of (it))
  • আনহাতে adv (in the place of (it))

Bashkir

1 entries
  • урынына adv (in the place of (it))

Bengali

1 entries
  • পরিবর্তে adv (in the place of (it))

Breton

1 entries
  • kentoc'h adv (in the place of (it))

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • вме́сто adv (in the place of (it))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 代替 adv (in the place of (it))
  • 抵作 adv (in the place of (it))

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲁⲛⲧⲓ adv (in the place of (it))

Czech

2 entries
  • místo toho adv (in the place of (it))
  • namísto adv (in the place of (it))

Danish

2 entries
  • i stedet adv (in the place of (it))
  • i stedet for adv (in the place of (it))

Dutch

1 entries
  • in plaats daarvan adv (in the place of (it))

Esperanto

1 entries
  • anstataŭe adv (in the place of (it))

Finnish

4 entries
  • asemasta adv (in the place of (it))
  • sen sijaan adv (in the place of (it))
  • sen sijasta adv (in the place of (it))
  • tilalle adv (in the place of (it))

French

3 entries
  • au lieu de adv (in the place of (it))
  • plutôt adv (in the place of (it))
  • à la place adv (in the place of (it))

German

2 entries
  • anstatt adv (in the place of (it))
  • stattdessen adv (in the place of (it))

Greek

1 entries
  • αντί adv (in the place of (it))

Hebrew

1 entries
  • במקום adv (in the place of (it))

Hindi

1 entries
  • के बजाय adv (in the place of (it))

Hungarian

3 entries
  • hanem adv (in the place of (it))
  • helyette adv (in the place of (it))
  • inkább adv (in the place of (it))

Icelandic

2 entries
  • í stað þess adv (in the place of (it))
  • í staðinn adv (in the place of (it))

Indonesian

1 entries
  • malah adv (in the place of (it))

Irish

2 entries
  • ina ionad adv (in the place of (it))
  • ina áit adv (in the place of (it))

Italian

3 entries
  • al posto di adv (in the place of (it))
  • in luogo di adv (in the place of (it))
  • invece adv (in the place of (it))

Japanese

1 entries
  • ...の代わりに adv (in the place of (it))

Korean

1 entries
  • 대신에 adv (in the place of (it))

Macedonian

2 entries
  • место adv (in the place of (it))
  • наместо adv (in the place of (it))

Malay

1 entries
  • sebaliknya adv (in the place of (it))

Norwegian

3 entries
  • i staden adv (in the place of (it))
  • i stedet adv (in the place of (it))
  • isteden adv (in the place of (it))

Polish

1 entries
  • zamiast adv (in the place of (it))

Portuguese

3 entries
  • antes adv (in the place of (it))
  • ao invés de adv (in the place of (it))
  • em vez de adv (in the place of (it))

Romanian

1 entries
  • în loc de adv (in the place of (it))

Russian

1 entries
  • вме́сто adv (in the place of (it))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mesto adv (in the place of (it))
  • misto adv (in the place of (it))
  • misto adv (in the place of (it))
  • mjesto adv (in the place of (it))

Sicilian

2 entries
  • mmeci adv (in the place of (it))
  • scanciu adv (in the place of (it))

Slovene

1 entries
  • namésto adv (in the place of (it))

Spanish

4 entries
  • en lugar de adv (in the place of (it))
  • en lugar de aqueso adv (in the place of (it))
  • en su lugar adv (in the place of (it))
  • en vez de adv (in the place of (it))

Swedish

1 entries
  • istället adv (in the place of (it))

Thai

1 entries
  • แทน adv (in the place of (it))

Turkish

1 entries
  • yerine adv (in the place of (it))

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • нато́мість adv (in the place of (it))

Venetan

3 entries
  • inveẑe adv (in the place of (it))
  • invése adv (in the place of (it))
  • invéze adv (in the place of (it))

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thay vì adv (in the place of (it))

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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I may give up soon and just nap instead.

Source: tatoeba (1300)

I will play Sudoku then instead of continuing to bother you.

Source: tatoeba (1430)

The data suggest that the optimum length of a lecture may be 30 instead of 60 minutes.

Source: tatoeba (2081)

I would like you to go instead of me.

Source: tatoeba (17469)

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