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Synonyms for preferred
pre·ferred
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Princeton's WordNet
preferable, preferredadjective
more desirable than another
"coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
Synonyms:
best-loved, pet, preferable, favored, favorite(a), preferent, favourite(a)Antonyms:
undesirable, unloved, unwantedfavored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentadjective
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
"the favored child"
Antonyms:
unwanted, undesirable, unloved
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "preferred":
favorite, favourite, privileged, preferable, preferential, preference, favoured, electedthe, preferably, liked, prefer, choice, favored, chosen, chose
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1178 | choice | |
#1311 | favorite | |
#1803 | pet | |
#3163 | favourite | |
#3519 | chosen | |
#3735 | preferred | |
#4351 | prefer | |
#5637 | liked | |
#5817 | preference | |
#6469 | chose | |
#11749 | preferably | |
#11776 | privileged | |
#17566 | favored | |
#19274 | preferable | |
#20737 | preferential | |
#26103 | favoured |
How to use preferred in a sentence?
My only question is why the 65 year age cutoff? What was that based on? Ordinarily I would have preferred that it be brought down to 60 or even 50, for those Americans who understand its importance, we should make second bivalent boosters available. Finally, we’ll soon need guidance about another annual fall booster. Presumably that information comes sometime this summer.
Look, shelter is not our first preferred option, but it's what we can offer, hopefully if these people go through the process, they'll be eligible to get back on their feet here in New York City. The mayor is not going to leave these people behind.
They should have reached a deal, that's what they were elected for, i would have preferred any combination of parties rather than repeat elections.
I was not nervous, my wife was more than I, but it is my civic duty that my family fought for me to vote. I would have preferred absentee ballot or a delay, but here we are.
While we are in a Covid world, we need to be kind and patient with ourselves with how we're using technology, we may not have preferred to be online as much as we are but that may be the reality we have to accept to get through each day.
Translations for preferred
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- preferitCatalan, Valencian
- preferovanýCzech
- preferindaEsperanto
- preferidoSpanish
- ensisijainen, suositeltuFinnish
- préféréFrench
- disukaiIndonesian
- preferidoPortuguese
- предпочтительнымRussian
- 首选Chinese
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