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(rath-er) 2 syllables

Definition

adverb. to a certain degree or extent.

Example Sentence

I would rather be at my house. OR It was rather nice.

More Example Sentences

She would rather eat pizza than salad.

Synonyms

somewhat; quite; fairly

Antonyms

not at all; never; not really

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Rhymes

  • bather
  • blather
  • cather
  • gather
  • lather
  • mather
  • prather
  • rather
  • sather
  • smather
  • wrather
  • brother
  • futher
  • mother
  • nother
  • other
  • rather
  • smother
  • souther
  • suther
  • uther
  • yother

  • another
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