- Types Of Speech
- You can use rather as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Rather
- A 2 syllables adverb and 6 letters with the letters a, e, h, r, and t, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters th. Rather starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters r, ra, rat, rath, rathe, and the ending characters are r, er, her, ther, ather, ..
- Definition
- To some (great or small) extent; "it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He''s rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, rather has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are rat, and her.
- Scrabble
- Is rather a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Rather in Pig Latin is said as "atherray or atherrway".
- Unigram
- r | a | t | h | e | r
- Bigram
- ra | at | th | he | er
- Trigram
- rat | ath | the | her
- Quadrigram
- rath | athe | ther
- Word Gram
- Adverb Examples
- to some (great or small) extent;
"it was rather cold";
"the party was rather nice";
"the knife is rather dull";
"I rather regret that I cannot attend";
"He's rather good at playing the cello";
"he is kind of shy" - to a degree (not used with a negative);
"quite tasty";
"quite soon";
"quite ill";
"quite rich" - 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" - more readily or willingly;
"clean it well, preferably with warm water";
"I'd rather be in Philadelphia";
"I'd sooner die than give up"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| About | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
| Absolutely | totally and definitely without question "we are absolutely opposed to the idea" "he forced himself to lie absolutely still" "iron is absolutely necessary" |
| Acceptably | in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner "she plays tennis tolerably" |
| Adequately | in an adequate manner |
| Advisedly | with intention in an intentional manner "he used that word intentionally" "I did this by choice" |
| After All | |
| Again | anew "she tried again" "they rehearsed the scene again" |
| Against The Grain | |
| Albeit | |
| All Right |
View all cognitive synonyms for Rather
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rather | to some (great or small) extent "it was rather cold" "the party was rather nice" "the knife is rather dull" "I rather regret that I cannot attend" "He''s rather good at playing the cello" "he is kind of shy" |
View English words with the unique letters used in rather. Words With The Letters Aehrt
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Prather | No | No |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heater (6 letters) | 9 | 8 | reheat | ||
| Wheatear (8 letters) | 14 +5 | 13 +5 | wheatear | ||
| Hearth (6 letters) | 12 +3 | 10 +2 | hertha | ||
| Earth (5 letters) | 8 | 7 | heart | ||
| Heart (5 letters) | 8 | 7 | heart | ||
| Theater (7 letters) | 10 +1 | 9 +1 | theatre | ||
| Theatre (7 letters) | 10 +1 | 9 +1 | theatre | ||
| Wreath (6 letters) | 12 +3 | 11 +3 | thawer | ||
| Hauteur (7 letters) | 10 +1 | 11 +3 | hauteur | ||
| Heather (7 letters) | 13 +4 | 11 +3 | heather | ||
| Urethra (7 letters) | 10 +1 | 10 +2 | urethra | ||
| Aether (6 letters) | 9 | 8 | reheat | ||
| Threat (6 letters) | 9 | 8 | threat | ||
| Herat (5 letters) | 8 | 7 | heart | ||
| Hertha (6 letters) | 12 +3 | 10 +2 | hertha | ||
| Hater (5 letters) | 8 | 7 | heart | ||
| Hatter (6 letters) | 9 | 8 | threat | ||
| Thwarter (8 letters) | 14 +5 | 13 +5 | aehrrttw | ||
| Earhart (7 letters) | 10 +1 | 9 +1 | earhart | ||
| Harte (5 letters) | 8 | 7 | heart | ||
| Heat Ray (8 letters) | |||||
| Weather (7 letters) | 13 +4 | 12 +4 | weather | ||
| Reheat (6 letters) | 9 | 8 | reheat | ||
| Wreathe (7 letters) | 13 +4 | 12 +4 | weather | ||
| Hearty (6 letters) | 12 +3 | 10 +2 | earthy |
Rather Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With R
- Ends With R
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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