In lieu of is a phrase commonly used to mean "instead of" or "in place of." The antonyms for this phrase would be "in addition to," "as well as," or "along with." These antonyms imply that something else is being added to the original choice rather than replacing it. For example, if someone were to say "I'll have coffee in lieu of tea," the antonym would be "I'll have coffee as well as tea." In this case, the person is choosing to have both coffee and tea instead of just coffee. Understanding antonyms can help to expand vocabulary and communicate more clearly.

What are the antonyms for In lieu of?

• adv.

  • rather
  • extremely
  ,
  • insignificantly
  ,
  • little
  ,
  • violently
  .

Famous quotes with In lieu of

• When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.

  Bob Verdi
• in the hands of the state, not at the hands of the state.” (In reference to an inmate who was sentenced to life in prison in lieu of a death sentence) The Citizens' Voice, April 5,2016

  Prosecutor Jarrett Ferentino
• Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, or else for those resolute dead-enders, who have made up their minds to be content with the ersatz of Suchness, with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.

  Aldous Huxley
• I strongly suspect that most of the great knowers of Suchness paid very little attention to art.… (To a person whose transfigured and transfiguring mind can see the All in every this, the first-rateness or tenth-rateness of even a religious painting will be a matter of the most sovereign indifference.) Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, or else for those resolute dead-enders, who have made up their minds to be content with the ersatz of Suchness, with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.

  Aldous Huxley
• The Walmart was like a starship that had landed in the soybean fields. … They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power.

  Neal Stephenson

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