Preferred

/pɹɪˈfɜːd/

Synonyms for "preferred" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(1 words)
best practice
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (14)

Verb(4 words)
favorfavoredlikednormative term
Adjective(6 words)
favoredfavoritefavorite optionfavouredfavouritefinal choice
Noun(2 words)
most approvedmost elect

Related words (24)

Verb(12 words)
Adjective(7 words)
petpreferablepreferentpreferentialprime categoryselected algorithmstandard procedure
Noun(1 words)
privileged person

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

11 entries
choicedecisiondescriptive adjectiveevaluative adjectiveguidelinemodifiernormspreferencestandardterminologyword class

More specific

11 entries
controlled vocabulary termdefault optionpreferred methodpreferred nomenclaturepreferred optionpreferred supplierpreferred termprioritizationrecommended optionselectionstandard term

Collocations

9 entries
preferred approachpreferred citation stylepreferred formpreferred methodpreferred optionpreferred spellingpreferred supplierpreferred termpreferred treatment

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

4 entries

similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It was so lovely a day that I preferred to walk.

Source: tatoeba (37851)

I preferred baseball to football in my childhood.

Source: tatoeba (245848)

I worked hard to get into my preferred school.

Source: tatoeba (246202)

I preferred wearing my Hawaiian T-shirt and green shorts to be cool and different, but I quickly got used to the white shirt and black slacks.

Source: tatoeba (252139)

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