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say it: in-STED
instead is an adverb meaning "in place of, or as an alternative to". It carries 2 recorded senses.
in place of, or as an alternative to
“Felix became a herpetologist instead”
“alternatively we could buy a used car”
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for instead come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.