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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preferring

Yet the journalist appears reluctant to focus on the pressures he's under, preferring instead to highlight the plight of compatriots in prison.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Clients have drifted away from Song Oh-soon's fortune-telling village on the edge of Seoul, preferring online AI-powered divination to the centuries-old prophesying tradition still practised there.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Mr. Vance has blown off this important if unsung duty, preferring to stay in the spotlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Anne Gust Brown, wife of Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, tended to shy away from the public, preferring to work behind the scenes as an unpaid aide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 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