preferential

Speech parts

1. preferential - Adjective

2. preferential - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

discriminatory special preferred partial exclusive favored favorable biased advantageous privileged pro good popular private better
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Antonyms

common just outside basic normal poor
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Phrases with the word

preferential shares preferential treatment preferential voting preferential stock preferential right preferential system

Examples

All the human beings I met were either sure that there would be no afterlife or else that they would get preferential treatment in the hereafter. Philip José Farmer

I'm not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other. Jimmy Carter

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination. Thomas Sowell

If I see anything remotely like a telcom-run faster internet that you have to pay more to get preferential traffic on, I'm out folks. I've seen this story before, I ran an ISP back in the late 90s. Drew Curtis

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time. Timothy Ferriss

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Close letter words and terms

preferences preferendum preferent preferential attachment preferential right preferential shares