Rather

Noun CEFR A2 Common

ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)

Definitions

A choice or a preference.
dated, informal, uncommon
A surname.

Equivalents

Españolal contrario algo bastantemás bien preferiblemente

Françaisau contraire plutôt

Deutscheher im Gegenteil LieberRecht sondern um genau zu sein ziemlich

36 more languages

Afrikaansliewer

العربيةبالأحرى بل لكن

Беларускаядаво́лі досыць

Българскидоста

Bosanskiforca nego spisдоста напротив

Catalàbastant força més aviatpreferiblement

Češtinaraději spis spíše

Cymraegeithaf yn hytrach

Danskhellere noget snareretværtimod

ΕλληνικάΜάλλον

Esperantosufiĉe

Eestipigem

Suomiaika melko mieluumminpikemminkin vaan

עבריתברם

हिन्दीअपितु

Hrvatskiforca nego spisдоста напротив

Magyarazaz elég eléggéellenkezőleg illetve inkább jobban meglehetősen sót szívesebben vagyis

Bahasa Indonesiamalah

Íslenskafremur

Italianoabbastanza piuttosto preferibilmente

日本語かなりむしろ一層寧寧ろ

한국어-느니 오히려

Kurdîbêm bîlakis şot

Latinapotius

Latviešudiezgan gluži

മലയാളംമറിച്ച്

Nederlandsbest wel daarentegen lievernogal redelijk tamelijk vrij

Polskidość dosyć raczej

Portuguêsalias antes ao contráriobastante bem de preferência mais meio melhor dizendo ou melhor ou seja preferivelmente um tanto

Русскийвернее довольно Достаточнолучше напротив скорее

Српскиforca nego spisдоста напротив

Svenskaganska hellre helsträtt snarare tämligen

ไทยค่อนข้าง

Türkçebayağı bilakis

Українськадо́сить доста́тньо кра́щенавпаки радше скорі́ше швидше

Tiếng Việtkhả

Examples

“If I had my rathers I'd make ⟳ up my own ⟳ band. Art Blakey on the skins, Charlie Mingus on the bass, John Coltrane on the sax, Harry Edison on the horn-”

“I would rather do it by myself. I would rather, if I had my rathers, not be seen doing it.”

CEFR level

A2

Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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See also

Rather...than Rathergate ratheripe Ratherism Rathgeber rathite

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