Instead of
The crossword clue "Instead of" is answered by THAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
THAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THAN answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- RATHERTHAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for THAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by THAN, most used first.
- Comparative word - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Compared to - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Comparison word - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- As compared to - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Holier-___-thou - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- "Better late ___ never" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- "Easier said ___ done" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Compared with - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Word of comparison - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Larger ___ life - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Conjunction. - used 17 times, most recently in 1978
- "Better you ___ me!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a comparison - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Word in a comparison - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- "Younger ___ Springtime" - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Better __ nothing - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Word used in comparisons - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Better safe ___ sorry - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- When compared with - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Better __ ever - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Faster __ a speeding bullet" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Comparative conjunction - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Lighter -- air - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- When compared to - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Word in comparisons - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Word with more or less - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In __ of (instead of) - LIEU, used 62 times
- Instead - ELSE, used 42 times
- In ___ of (instead) - LIEU, used 7 times
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