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preference, preferred, preferential, preferment, preferably
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Alexandre Dumas:
Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero:
For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity
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Antony Blinken:
There is the path of diplomacy and dialogue to try to resolve whatever differences there are peacefully through diplomacy, clearly the preferable path, clearly the most responsible path and the one that we would prefer, but there is also the path if Russia chooses to renew aggression, of conflict, confrontation and consequences for Russia.
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American Chemistry Council:
Polystyrene foam packaging and containers provide business owners and consumers with a cost-effective and environmentally preferable choice that is ideal for protecting food and preventing food waste, particularly when used for food service. Foam packaging is generally more than 90 percent air and has a lighter environmental impact than alternatives.
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The Talmud:
If you wish to know how much preferable wisdom is to gold, then observe: if you change gold you get silver for it, but your gold is gone; but if you exchange one sort of wisdom for another, you obtain fresh knowledge, and at the same time keep what you possessed before.
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- desirable
- excellent
- preferred
- superior
- better
- choice
On this page you’ll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to preferable, such as: desirable, excellent, preferred, superior, better, and choice.
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How to use preferable in a sentence
Radcliffe has said that shorter cross-country races might actually be preferable from a competition standpoint since such an arrangement would better accommodate both middle- and long-distance runners.
SHOULD MEN AND WOMEN RACE THE SAME DISTANCE?MARTIN FRITZ HUBERJANUARY 27, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
To a shopkeeper who thinks otherwise, she asks if, in asking you about your day, it is their hope to get a full-form response — or whether it would not be preferable to move on to the next customer and get on with the day.
MISS MANNERS: BOSSY INVITATION OFFENDS GUESTSJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO PREFERABLE
- bigger
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- improved
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- amusing
- clear sailing
- delectable
- delicious
- delightful
- entertaining
- fun
- genial
- gratifying
- groovy
- just for grins
- just for kicks
- just for laughs
- just for the heck of it
- likable
- lots of laughs
- pleasant
- pleasurable
- preferable
- relishable
- satisfying
- welcome
- able
- adapted
- adequate
- advantageous
- apposite
- apt
- becoming
- befitting
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- capable
- comely
- comme il faut
- competent
- conformable
- convenient
- correct
- correspondent
- deserving
- desirable
- due
- equipped
- equitable
- expedient
- favorable
- feasible
- felicitous
- fitted
- fitting
- good enough
- happy
- just
- likely
- meet
- opportune
- practicable
- preferable
- prepared
- proper
- qualified
- ready
- right
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- seasonable
- seemly
- tasteful
- timely
- trained
- well-suited
- wise
- worthy
- able
- adapted
- adequate
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- apposite
- apt
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- competent
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- due
- equipped
- equitable
- expedient
- favorable
- feasible
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- fitted
- fitting
- good enough
- happy
- just
- likely
- meet
- opportune
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- preferable
- prepared
- proper
- qualified
- ready
- right
- rightful
- seasonable
- seemly
- tasteful
- timely
- trained
- well-suited
- wise
- worthy
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
best, better, choice, chosen, favoured, more desirable, more eligible, superior, worthier
Antonyms
average, fair, ineligible, inferior, mediocre, poor, second-rate, undesirable
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus 
preferable
If you say that one thing is preferableto another, you mean that it is more desirable or suitable. adj usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ to n/-ing, it v-link ADJ to-inf/that
A big earthquake a long way off is preferable to a smaller one nearby…, The hazards of the theatre seemed preferable to joining the family paint business…
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preferably adv usu ADV with cl/group
Do something creative or take exercise, preferably in the fresh air.
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