Analysis Complete

instead

/ instead /
adverb

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1
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"
adverb Sense 2
in place of, or as an alternative to
"Felix became a herpetologist instead"
"alternatively we could buy a used car"
Semantic Complexity
28%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
0
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution