'Preferment' definitions:
Definition of 'preferment'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of preferring; "the preferment went to the younger candidate"
noun
The act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"
Definition of 'Preferment'
From: GCIDE
- Preferment \Pre*fer"ment\, n.
- 1. The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Natural preferment of the one . . . before the other. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. [1913 Webster]
- Neither royal blandishments nor promises of valuable preferment had been spared. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'preferment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- advancement,
- aggrandizement,
- amelioration,
- amendment,
- apostolic orders,
- appointment,
- ascent,
- bettering,
- betterment,
- boost,
- calling,
- canonization,
- conferment,
- consecration,
- election,
- elevation,
- enhancement,
- ennoblement,
- enrichment,
- eugenics,
- euthenics,
- exaltation,
- furtherance,
- graduation,
- Great Leap Forward,
- headway,
- holy orders,
- improvement,
- induction,
- installation,
- institution,
- investiture,
- knighting,
- lift,
- major orders,
- melioration,
- mend,
- mending,
- minor orders,
- nomination,
- ordainment,
- orders,
- ordination,
- passing,
- pay raise,
- pickup,
- preference,
- presentation,
- progress,
- progression,
- promotion,
- raise,
- reading in,
- recovery,
- restoration,
- revival,
- rise,
- upbeat,
- upgrading,
- uplift,
- upping,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upward mobility