Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Sufficiently and rather are semantically related in fairly topic. In some cases you can use "Sufficiently" instead an adverb "Rather", when it comes to topics like quite.
Sufficiently
Sufficiently adverb - In or to a degree or quantity that meets one's requirements or satisfaction.
Rather and sufficiently are semantically related in fairly topic. You can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Sufficiently", if it concerns topics such as quite.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- enough and rather
- enough and sufficiently
- adequately and rather
- adequately and sufficiently
- somewhat and rather
- somewhat and sufficiently
- properly and rather
- properly and sufficiently
- well and rather
- well and sufficiently
- fairly and rather
- fairly and sufficiently
- pretty and rather
- pretty and sufficiently
Both words in one sentence
- Similarly, mushroom clouds are only created by nuclear weapons, rather than any sufficiently large explosion.
- Actually, this is a somewhat instructive example of Viral Marketing done well: The Muppet characters were sufficiently adaptable to fit in this context, and the presentation was very much "Found Document", rather than anything that could be construed as Astro Turfing.
Source: Viral Marketing - But that only works if it's a sufficiently straightforward translation to show that the prophet did it rather than the translator.
Source: Prophecies Rhyme All the Time
Cite this Source
Sufficiently and Rather. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rather/sufficiently
Rather & Sufficiently. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/rather/sufficiently>.
Sufficiently or Rather. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rather/sufficiently.
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