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Another word for prefer

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Verb

  1. To show partiality toward (someone)

    Idioms:
    See also:

    fair

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Another word for prefer

Verb
  1. See also:

    favor

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • I prefer to work on my terms.

  • "I prefer," he said with a smile.

  • Of course, but most people prefer the carpet.

  • I prefer to keep under the radar.

  • A large section of her members, accordingly, laying stress on this side of her tradition, prefer to call themselves " Catholics."

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