"instead of"后面可以接多种类型的词或短语，具体如下：
名词
I gave him advice instead of money.
代词
Will you go to the party instead of me？
形容词
Things are now better instead of worse.
副词
He walks slowly instead of quickly.
动词 （通常为动名词形式）：
Instead of playing video games, she reads books.
动名词复合结构
They must make up their own minds instead of our making their minds for them.
介词短语
He laughed with （us） instead of at us.
不定式短语
I went to borrow a book instead of to buy one.
从句
He describes it as he saw instead of as it was.
总结：
"instead of"后面可以接名词、代词、形容词、副词、动词的动名词形式、动名词复合结构、介词短语、不定式短语以及从句。在选择合适的词或短语时，需要根据句子的语境和所要表达的意义来进行选择。