DICTOMETER

PREFERRED

(prefer, preferred, preferir, foretrekke)

1. Synonyms:
   • Prefer
   Definitions:
   • like better
   • value more highly
   Examples:
   • Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels
   • We prefer sleeping outside
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Choose
   • Prefer
   • Opt
   Definitions:
   • select as an alternative over another
   Examples:
   • I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant
   • She opted for the job on the East coast
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Prefer
   • Favor
   • Favour
   Definitions:
   • promote over another
   Examples:
   • He favors his second daughter
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Prefer
   Definitions:
   • give preference to one creditor over another
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Preferable
   • Preferred
   Definitions:
   • more desirable than another
   Examples:
   • Coffee is preferable to tea
   • Danny's preferred name is `Dan'
   Antonyms:
   • Undesirable
   • Unwanted
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Favored
   • Favorite
   • Favourite
   • Best-loved
   • Pet
   • Preferred
   • Preferent
   Definitions:
   • preferred above all others and treated with partiality
   Examples:
   • The favored child
   Antonyms:
   • Unloved