Rather — synonyms, definition

1. rather (o)

about all but almost by all means considerably fairly far indeed moderately most much nearly practically pretty quite reasonably somewhat to some extent tolerably well • • •

2. rather (Adverb)

instead kind of kinda preferably sooner sort of

rather (Adverb) — On the contrary. ex. "rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left" ex. "he didn't call; rather, he wrote her a letter"

rather (Adverb) — To some (great or small) extent. ex. "it was rather cold" ex. "the party was rather nice" ex. "the knife is rather dull" ex. "I rather regret that I cannot attend" ex. "He's rather good at playing the cello"

rather (Adverb) — In a preferred way. ex. "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"

rather (Adverb) — To a degree (not used with a negative). ex. "rather tasty"