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We found 31 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word rather:
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General (29 matching dictionaries)

1. rather, the rather: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. rather, rather: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. rather: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. rather: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. rather: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. rather: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Rather, rather, the rather: Wordnik [home, info]
8. rather: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. Rather, rather: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. rather: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. rather: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. rather: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. Rather, The rather, rather: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. rather: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. rather: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. rather: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. Rather: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
18. Rather: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
19. rather: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
20. rather: Rhymezone [home, info]
21. rather: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
22. rather: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
23. rather, the rather: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. rather: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
25. rather: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
26. Rather, rather: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
27. The rather, rather: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

28. rather: Idioms [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

29. rather: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

(Note: See rathers for more definitions.)

Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (rather) ▸ adverb:  to some (great or small) extent ("It was rather cold") ▸ adverb:  on the contrary ("Rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left") ▸ adverb:  to a degree (not used with a negative) ▸ adverb:  more readily or willingly ("I'd rather be in Philadelphia") ▸ name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #12151) ▸ Also see rathers ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to rather ▸ Usage examples for rather ▸ Words that often appear near rather ▸ Rhymes of rather ▸ Invented words related to rather