What is "prefer" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 11-07-2026 by Wikilanguages.net
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What does prefer mean in English? Meaning of prefer definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "prefer" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "prefer": like better; value more highly

Verb

  • Meaning: like better; value more highly
  • Example: Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels We prefer sleeping outside
  • Synonyms: prefer
  • Hypernyms: like
  • Meaning of "prefer": select as an alternative over another

    Verb

  • Meaning: select as an alternative over another
  • Example: I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant She opted for the job on the East coast
  • Synonyms: choose opt prefer
  • Hyponyms: cop out opt out
  • Meaning of "prefer": promote over another

    Verb

  • Meaning: promote over another
  • Example: he favors his second daughter
  • Synonyms: favor favour prefer
  • Hyponyms: advantage
  • Hypernyms: advance elevate kick upstairs promote raise upgrade
  • Meaning of "prefer": give preference to one creditor over another

    Verb

  • Meaning: give preference to one creditor over another
  • Synonyms: prefer
  • Hypernyms: pay
  • Synonyms:

    adopt, suggest, pick, go for, wish, put, promote, select, choose, desire, advance, aggrandize, upgrade, tap, raise, pose, cull, fancy, mark, elevate, incline, place, take, proposition, elect, propound, tag, present, finger, be partial to, be turned on to, fix upon, like better, opt for, optate, propone, put forward, would rather, would sooner,

    Antonyms:

    reject, refuse, dislike, hate, decrease, disgrace, lessen, ignore, withhold, spurn, stop, depress, lower, drop, lose,

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    prefer in English: prefer
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