Antonyms for preferable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pref-er-uh-buh l, pref-ruh- or, often, pri-fur-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛf ər ə bəl, ˈprɛf rə- or, often, prɪˈfɜr-

Definition of preferable

Origin : 1640s, from or on model of French préférable, from préfér (see prefer). OED notes preferrable is better English but has not prevailed. Related: Preferably.

adj favored

Example sentences :

The latter was equally plausible; but, if it came, would it not be preferable to the other?
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

This will be found to be very delicious and preferable to any other kind.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

In either way, the certainty must be preferable to the suspense.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

For the unhappiness of Youth is preferable to the resignation of Age.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

Villaret reminded him that we were the guests of a German, and that it was preferable to be quiet.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Anything, even a republic was preferable to that House of Savoy.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

There are things in which ignorance may be preferable to knowledge.'
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

One short spit of orange was preferable to a prolonged hullabaloo.
Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore

For this purpose fowls are preferable, because the breasts are larger.
Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury

She reflected that it was, after all, preferable that the position should be perfectly plain.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for preferable

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