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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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He found it difficult to paint people he didn't know, preferring studies of friends and family.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

For years, the U.S. refrained from investigating sitting politicians in its fight against drug trafficking, preferring to target cartel leaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

He has resisted the iTunes style of selling songs individually, preferring to preserve sales of complete albums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

WIlliams has never liked the word retirement, preferring instead to say she was "evolving away" from tennis in 2022.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

However much he loved us, he couldn’t live with the madness in our Queens home, preferring to keep his old digs at 478 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride