Instead
Instead adverb - In place of, or as an alternative to.
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Synonyms for Instead
Quite the opposite and instead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quite the opposite" instead an adverb "Instead".
Quite the opposite
Instead and quite the opposite are semantically related. You can use "Instead" instead an adverb phrase "Quite the opposite".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Instead of finishing the triumphant ditty, it hangs and turns into something quite the opposite.
Source: Last Note Nightmare -
Just Like Robin Hood: Captain Cully and his outlaw gang certainly aspire to be, but instead are quite the opposite.
Source: Literature / The Last Unicorn - Codex Alera: Anyone who gets in a fight with Tavi quickly learns, much to their cost, that lacking access to Furycrafting does not make him an easy target; quite the opposite, in fact, because having to get by without Furies to help him out forced him to rely on his wits instead.
Source: Underestimating Badassery
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Quite the opposite and Instead. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instead/quite_the_opposite
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