Word Type

Adverb

Adverb

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

Intj

Adjective

The word "rather" can be used as adverb, adverb, verb, noun, proper noun, intj and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

utterly

Derived Terms

I would rather die Rathergate Ratherism rather than ratherish sooner rather than later

Derived From

rathe

Etymologically Related To

rathe

Context

conjunctive degree dialectal england nonstandard

Related Terms

but choice clarification conjunction contradiction earlier english english expression expression fairly instead instead of news newscaster newscaster surname nightly nightly news on contrary or prefer prefer to preferably preference preferential qualification qualifier quite somewhat sooner surname than would would instead

Synonym Network

instead kind of liever preferably somewhat

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.