'Prefer' definitions:
Definition of 'prefer'
From: WordNet
verb
Like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
verb
Select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast" [syn: choose, prefer, opt]
verb
verb
Give preference to one creditor over another
Definition of 'Prefer'
From: GCIDE
- Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preferred; p. pr. & vb. n. Preferring.] [F. pr['e]f['e]rer, L. praeferre; prae before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st Bear.]
- 1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc. [1913 Webster]
- He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Presently prefer his suit to C[ae]sar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass. [Obs.] "Though maidenhood prefer bigamy." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general. [1913 Webster]
- I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. [1913 Webster]
- If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps. cxxxvii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
- Preferred stock, stock which takes a dividend before other capital stock; -- called also preference stock and preferential stock. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To choose; elect. See Choose. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prefer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- aim at,
- approve,
- be desirous of,
- be disposed to,
- be partial to,
- bring before,
- bring forward,
- bring up,
- broach,
- choose,
- choose rather,
- commend to attention,
- cull,
- desiderate,
- desire,
- discriminate,
- elect,
- elevate,
- embrace,
- ennoble,
- enter,
- espouse,
- esteem,
- exalt,
- extend,
- fancy,
- favor,
- feel about it,
- file,
- graduate,
- have a bias,
- have designs on,
- have preference,
- have rather,
- hold forth,
- hold out,
- honor before,
- incline toward,
- introduce,
- kick upstairs,
- knight,
- launch,
- lay before,
- lean toward,
- lean towards,
- like,
- like better,
- lodge,
- look at it,
- love,
- lust,
- lust after,
- make a motion,
- mark,
- moot,
- move,
- offer,
- offer a resolution,
- open up,
- opt for,
- pass,
- pick,
- play favorites,
- please,
- pose,
- postulate,
- prefer to,
- present,
- proffer,
- promote,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- put,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put it to,
- put up,
- raise,
- rather,
- recommend,
- see fit,
- select,
- set before,
- set forth,
- show preference,
- single out,
- start,
- submit,
- suggest,
- take,
- take to,
- tend toward,
- tender,
- think best,
- think fit,
- think proper,
- treat unequally,
- up,
- upgrade,
- view,
- want,
- wish,
- wish to goodness,
- wish very much,
- would fain do