instead

instead is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In the place or room; -- usually followed by of. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
2. adverb. Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of.
3. adverb. in place of, or as an alternative to

   "Felix became a herpetologist instead"

   "alternatively we could buy a used car"

   Synonyms: alternatively

4. adverb. 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"

   Synonyms: rather

Synonyms

alternatively, rather

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in instead:

destain, detains, nidates, sainted, satined, stained

Words from these letters

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