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rather:
- hellre; ganska; tämligen; betänklig; mycket
- fastmer; fastmera
Wiktionary:
- rather → hellre, helst, ganska, rätt
- rather → närmare bestämt, förr, hellre, snarare, mer, rätt, ganska
User Contributed Translations for rather:
- helst

English

Detailed Translations for rather from English to Swedish

rather:

rather adv

rather
hellre; ganska
- hellre adj
- ganska adj
rather
ganska
- ganska adj
rather (fairly; quite; reasonably; considerably; pretty)
ganska; tämligen; betänklig
- ganska adj
- tämligen adj
- betänklig adj
rather (very; highly)
mycket
- mycket adj

rather

rather (much rather)
fastmer
- fastmer
rather (much rather)
fastmera
- fastmera

Translation Matrix for rather:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
mycket		a whole lot; heap; load; lot; lots; mass; multitude; quite a lot; tons
Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	instead; kind of; kinda; preferably; quite; sooner; sort of
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
fastmer	much rather; rather
fastmera	much rather; rather
mycket		distant; far; far away; far-away; far-of; outlying; remote
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
betänklig	considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably	contested; controversial; debatable; disputable; disputed; dubious; imputable; open to question; questionable; uncertain
ganska	considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably	comparative; fair; fairly; moderately; paradigmatic; relative; relatively; somewhat; to some degree; to some extent
hellre	rather	for preference; preferably
mycket	highly; rather; very
tämligen	considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather; reasonably	somewhat; to some degree; to some extent

Synonyms for "rather":

instead
kind of; kinda; sort of
preferably; sooner
quite

Related Definitions for "rather":

to some (great or small) extent¹
- it was rather cold¹
- the party was rather nice¹
- the knife is rather dull¹
- I rather regret that I cannot attend¹
- He's rather good at playing the cello¹
to a degree (not used with a negative)¹
on the contrary¹
- rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left¹
- he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter¹
more readily or willingly¹
- I'd rather be in Philadelphia¹

Wiktionary Translations for rather:

rather

adverb

preferably
- rather → hellre; helst
somewhat, fairly
- rather → ganska; rätt

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• rather	→ närmare bestämt	↔ beziehungsweise — (umgangssprachlich) genauer gesagt, besser gesagt
• rather	→ förr; hellre	↔ eher — Einleitung einer bevorzugten Alternative in emotional negativ besetzten Kontexten
• rather	→ snarare; mer	↔ mehr — in größerem, höherem Ausmaß
• rather	→ rätt; ganska	↔ ziemlich — sehr; in großem Maße

User Translations:

Word	Translation	Votes
rather	helst	10

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