instead

(adverb)

in place of, or as an alternative to

All clip examples

• ...repel Paul's spirit instead of bringing it closer. (The Amazing Mr. X)
• It would have been you instead of Walter. (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers)
• This is the place where mayhem, theft, and murder are the common place... instead of the unusual. (Angel and the Badman)
• Instead of Mother Goose, you were probably brought up on the memoirs of Casanova (Love Affair)
• And instead, I promise not even to ask you why you didn't show up. (Love Affair)
• Looks to me like someone had broken out instead of in. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)