Work is preferable to idleness.
Source: tatoeba (24820)
Preferable
//ˈpɹɛf(ə)ɹəb(ə)l//
Synonyms for "preferable" (9 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَفْضَل adj (better than some other option)
- مُفَضَّل adj (better than some other option)
Belarusian
2 entries- ле́пшы adj (better than some other option)
- найле́пшы adj (better than some other option)
Bulgarian
1 entries- предпочи́тан adj (better than some other option)
Catalan
1 entries- preferible adj (better than some other option)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 更可取的 adj (better than some other option)
- 更合意的 adj (better than some other option)
- 更好的 adj (better than some other option)
- 更適宜的 /更适宜的 adj (better than some other option)
Czech
1 entries- výhodnější adj (better than some other option)
Finnish
1 entries- parempi adj (better than some other option)
French
1 entries- préférable adj (better than some other option)
Georgian
2 entries- უმჯობესი adj (better than some other option)
- უპირატესი adj (better than some other option)
German
1 entries- bevorzugt adj (better than some other option)
Greek
1 entries- προτιμητέος adj (better than some other option)
Italian
1 entries- preferibile adj (better than some other option)
Japanese
2 entries- 〜より好ましい adj (better than some other option)
- ましな adj (better than some other option)
Korean
1 entries- 더 좋다 adj (better than some other option)
Latin
1 entries- potior adj (better than some other option)
Macedonian
1 entries- претпочитлив adj (better than some other option)
Norman
1 entries- préféthabl'ye adj (better than some other option)
Polish
3 entries- bardziej odpowiedni adj (better than some other option)
- lepszy adj (better than some other option)
- odpowiedniejszy adj (better than some other option)
Portuguese
1 entries- preferível adj (better than some other option)
Romanian
1 entries- preferabil adj (better than some other option)
Russian
3 entries- лу́чший adj (better than some other option)
- наилу́чший adj (better than some other option)
- предпочти́тельный adj (better than some other option)
Sanskrit
1 entries- श्रेयस् adj (better than some other option)
Slovak
1 entries- výhodnejší adj (better than some other option)
Spanish
1 entries- preferible adj (better than some other option)
Ukrainian
3 entries- кра́щий adj (better than some other option)
- найкра́щий adj (better than some other option)
- найлі́пший adj (better than some other option)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I think death is preferable to shame.
Source: tatoeba (33481)
Death is preferable to such suffering.
Source: tatoeba (54743)
Death is preferable to dishonor.
Source: tatoeba (246337)
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