Synonyms 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- |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for preferable
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