Synonyms for prefer
prɪˈfɜrpre·fer

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1. prefer

   Prefer indicates a state of desire and approval; choose, an act of will. Prudence or generosity may lead one to choose what he does not prefer. Select implies a careful consideration of the reasons for preference and choice. Among objects so nearly alike that we have no reason to prefer any one to another we may simply choose the nearest, but we could not be said to select it. Aside from theology, elect is popularly confined to the political sense; as, a free people elect their own rulers. Cull, from the Latin colligere, commonly means to collect, as well as to select. In a garden we cull the choicest flowers.

   Synonyms:
   choose, cull, elect, pick, pick out, select

   Antonyms:
   cast away, cast out, decline, disclaim, dismiss, leave, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw aside

   Preposition:
   Choose from or from among the number; choose out of the army; choose between (or betwixt) two; among many; choose for the purpose.

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1. prefer

   Synonyms:
   choose, elect, select, fancy, promote, advance, further

   Antonyms:
   reject, postpone, defer, withhold, degrade, depress

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1. preferverb

   like better; value more highly

   "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"

   Synonyms:
   choose, favor, favour, opt

2. choose, prefer, optverb

   select as an alternative over another

   "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

   Synonyms:
   take, select, choose, opt, favor, favour, pick out

3. prefer, favor, favourverb

   promote over another

   "he favors his second daughter"

   Synonyms:
   choose, favor, privilege, favour, opt

4. preferverb

   give preference to one creditor over another

   Synonyms:
   choose, favor, favour, opt

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1. preferverb

   Synonyms:
   offer, present, address, bring forward, set forth

2. preferverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, exalt, promote, advance

3. preferverb

   Synonyms:
   choose, select, elect, pick, pick out, single out, fix upon, pitch upon

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1. List of paraphrases for "prefer":

   prefers, preferred, favor, lieber, preference

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1. Francibel Contreras:

   Our currency is worthless, these days, I prefer trading a bag of flour for a manicure or a haircut.

2. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton:

   I'd prefer publicly listed companies stick to their knitting.

3. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu:

   Yes, the PYD has been fighting Daesh ... But the PYD is not fighting for the territorial integrity or political unity of Syria. This is unacceptable, we prefer that the moderate opposition forces actually control the safe zone, or Daesh-free areas, in the northern part of Syria, not the PYD, unless they change their policies radically in that sense.

4. Vian Dakhil:

   We sometimes say that we wish we had been massacred. This would be better than being kidnapped and raped. We prefer death now over the fate of what is happening to these girls and women, it is now on the government and on the international community to focus on this. How to get these captives back. It's inconceivable that in the 21st century, something like this is happening as if we were living in the Stone Age.

5. Anna Lobova:

   Now most interest we got from Moscow, our Moscow customers always prefer to get all new items first.