Prefer

/[pɹɪˈfɝ]/

Synonyms for "prefer" (139 found)

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Related word relations

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8 relation types

Translations

93 translations across 62 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • preferon verb (to favor)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • προαιρέω verb (to favor)
  • προκρίνω verb (to favor)
  • προτιμάω verb (to favor)

Arabic

2 entries
  • آثَرَ verb (to favor)
  • فَضَّلَ verb (to favor)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գերադասել verb (to favor)
  • նախընտրել verb (to favor)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • tərcih etmək verb (to favor)
  • üstün tutmaq verb (to favor)

Basque

2 entries
  • nahiago izan verb (to favor)
  • nahitu verb (to favor)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • адда́ць перева́гу verb (to favor)
  • аддава́ць перева́гу verb (to favor)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • предпочи́там verb (to favor)

Catalan

2 entries
  • estimar-se més verb (to favor)
  • preferir verb (to favor)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 比較喜歡 /比较喜欢 verb (to favor)

Cornish

1 entries
  • bos gwell gans verb (to favor)

Czech

3 entries
  • dát přednost verb (to favor)
  • preferovat verb (to favor)
  • upřednostňovat verb (to favor)

Danish

1 entries
  • foretrække verb (to favor)

Dutch

3 entries
  • (de) voorkeur geven verb (to favor)
  • prefereren verb (to favor)
  • verkiezen (boven) verb (to favor)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • pliŝati verb (to favor)
  • preferi verb (to favor)

Estonian

1 entries
  • eelistama verb (to favor)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pitää parempana verb (to favor)

French

1 entries
  • préférer verb (to favor)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მჯობინება verb (to favor)
  • უპირატესობის მინიჭება verb (to favor)

German

3 entries
  • bevorzugen verb (to favor)
  • präferieren verb (to favor)
  • vorziehen verb (to favor)

Greek

1 entries
  • προτιμάω verb (to favor)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • pito verb (to favor)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • makemake verb (to favor)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הֶעֱדִיף verb (to favor)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पसंद करना verb (to favor)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • előnyben részesít verb (to favor)
  • jobban szeret/tetszik verb (to favor)
  • szívesebben (tesz) verb (to favor)

Irish

1 entries
  • is fearr le verb (to favor)

Italian

2 entries
  • favorire verb (to favor)
  • preferire verb (to favor)

Japanese

2 entries
  • …の方が好きである verb (to favor)
  • …の方を好む verb (to favor)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចូលចិត្ត verb (to favor)

Korean

2 entries
  • 더 좋아하다 verb (to favor)
  • 선호(選好)하다 verb (to favor)

Lao

1 entries
  • ສະເພາະ verb (to favor)

Latin

4 entries
  • addīcō verb (to favor)
  • antehabeō verb (to favor)
  • mālō verb (to favor)
  • māvolō verb (to favor)

Lingala

2 entries
  • kopono verb (to favor)
  • pono verb (to favor)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • претпо́чита verb (to favor)
  • префери́ра verb (to favor)

Malay

1 entries
  • lebih suka verb (to favor)

Manx

1 entries
  • share lesh verb (to favor)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • эрхэмлэх verb (to favor)

Māori

1 entries
  • mariu verb (to favor)

Nepali

1 entries
  • चुन्नु verb (to favor)

Norman

1 entries
  • préféther verb (to favor)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • foretrekke verb (to favor)

Old English

2 entries
  • foreberan verb (to favor)
  • foresettan verb (to favor)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بگنمك verb (to favor)

Persian

2 entries
  • برگزیدن verb (to favor)
  • ترجیح دادن verb (to favor)

Polish

1 entries
  • woleć verb (to favor)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • preferir verb (to favor)

Quechua

1 entries
  • allikachiy verb (to favor)

Romanian

1 entries
  • prefera verb (to favor)

Russian

2 entries
  • предпоче́сть verb (to favor)
  • предпочита́ть verb (to favor)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • preferirati verb (to favor)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • артыксынар verb (to favor)

Spanish

2 entries
  • anteponer verb (to favor)
  • preferir verb (to favor)

Swedish

2 entries
  • föredra verb (to favor)
  • föredraga verb (to favor)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • mas gusto kumikiling verb (to favor)

Thai

1 entries
  • ชอบ ~ มากกว่า verb (to favor)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • འདོད་པ་ verb (to favor)

Turkish

1 entries
  • tercih etmek verb (to favor)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • віддава́ти перева́гу verb (to favor)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thích hơn verb (to favor)

Welsh

1 entries
  • bod yn well gan verb (to favor)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּרעפֿערירן verb (to favor)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I prefer to look for a solution to problems, not only to report them.

Source: tatoeba (2207)

Fifty-two per cent of British women prefer chocolate to sex.

Source: tatoeba (2329)

I would prefer to speak to you in private.

Source: tatoeba (17622)

I prefer a hotel by the airport.

Source: tatoeba (18203)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.