instead

in-stead · adverb

imported

Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    As an alternative or substitute.

  2. 2.

    (instead of) In place of; as a substitute for.

Related words

See also: alternatively, rather, replace, substitute
Synonyms: alternatively, in place, rather

Etymology

From Middle English "in stede" (in place of), from "in" + "stede" (place, position), from Old English "stede." The phrase "in stead of" meant "in the place of" and gradually merged into a single adverb.