Home > Synonyms > Synonyms for priority

Synonyms for priority

Grammar : Noun
Spell : prahy-awr-i-tee, -or-
Phonetic Transcription : praɪˈɔr ɪ ti, -ˈɒr-

Top 10 synonyms for priority
Other synonyms for the word priority

Définition of priority

Origin :
  • late 14c., "state of being earlier," from Old French priorite (14c.), from Medieval Latin prioritatem (nominative prioritas) "fact or condition of being prior," from Latin prior (see prior (adj.)). From c.1400 as "precedence in right or rank."
  • noun first concern
Example sentences :
  • This is quite another matter; my right of priority is incontestable.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • And there are two great evidences of religion—the priority of the soul and the order of the heavens.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • What means, if any, were adopted at the time to distinguish the priority of birth?
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • These were arranged in accordance with their claim to priority.
  • Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 » by Various
  • What miserable work, again, it is searching for priority of names.
  • Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin
  • The list excels not only in point of length, but in merit and priority.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Work in Music » by Arthur Elson
  • Debt is another and more popular candidate for the honors of priority.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • The priority of the records to the events admits of no question.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • I shall feel that I have a right to be proud of you, from priority of acquaintance.'
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • If there was any new discovery in it, the right of priority was Lincoln's.
  • Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume One » by Abraham Lincoln

Antonyms for priority

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019