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in steed

in steed is the obsolete form of instead.

Meaning of instead

Adverb

instead (not comparable)

  1. In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.
    • I was going to go shopping, but I went dancing instead.
    Synonyms:
    in lieu

Questions about in steed

What is in steed the obsolete form of?
In steed is the obsolete form of instead.

Words near in steed in the dictionary

  1. in statu quo
  2. in status nascendi
  3. in stead
  4. in stead of
  5. in steam
  6. in steed
  7. in step
  8. in stitches
  9. in stock
  10. in store
  11. in stride

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in steed (page history and authors); instead (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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