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  1. rather: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. rather: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. rather, the rather: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. rather: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Rather: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. rather: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. rather: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. rather: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. Rather, The rather, rather: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. rather: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. rather: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. rather: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Rather: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  14. Rather: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  15. rather: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  16. rather: Rhymezone [home, info]
  17. rather: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  18. rather: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  19. rather, the rather: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  20. rather: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  21. rather: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  22. Rather, rather: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  23. The rather, rather: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Quick definitions (rather)

adverb:  to some (great or small) extent ("It was rather cold")
adverb:  on the contrary ("Rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left")
adverb:  to a degree (not used with a negative)
adverb:  more readily or willingly ("I'd rather be in Philadelphia")
name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12151)

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Phrases that include rather:   had rather, a rather blustery day, eight i'd really rather you didn'ts, he rather enjoyed it, i'd rather dance with you, more...

Words similar to rather:   instead, preferably, quite, sooner, kinda, dan, dans, kind of, sort of, more...


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