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preferring

VERB

favor; single out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adopt choose go for pick promote put select suggest wish

STRONG

advance aggrandize cull desire elect elevate fancy finger incline mark place pose present proposition propound raise tag take tap upgrade

WEAK

be partial to be turned on to fix upon like better opt for optate propone put forward would rather would sooner

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate refuse reject

STRONG

decrease depress disgrace drop ignore lessen lose lower stop withhold

WEAK

spurn

Example Sentences

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Wall Street has been relatively quiet on Tesla lately, preferring to focus on the coming initial public offering of SpaceX.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

As economic damage mounts, Beijing could be forced to play a bigger role in helping resolve the conflict, despite normally preferring to avoid such entanglements.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Stanley Black & Decker says fewer buyers want the Connecticut plant’s single-sided tape measures, preferring double-sided ones made abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

In the pharma space, Swenson uses the $949 million VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF thanks to its global focus, preferring it over the $946 million iShares U.S.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Mrs. Chippy was too well fed to bother hunting, preferring to torment the dogs and dine on scraps from the galley.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong