preferred

Speech parts

1. preferred - Noun

2. preferred - Adjective

3. preferred - Verb

Derived from prefer

5. preferred - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Prefer

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

favored favorite pet favourite preferable best-loved preferent darling popular best required better special elected wanted

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Antonyms

common average tawdry poor opposed fair

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Phrases with the word

participating preferred shares not preferred share not preferred stock preferred agent perpetual preferred stock redeemable preferred shares

Examples

Let not office puff up any man; for faith and love are all in all, and nothing is preferred before them. Ignatius of Antioch

You seem to have great possessions! How else can this be, but that you have preferred your own enjoyment to the consolation of the many? For the more you abound in wealth, the more you lack in love. Basil of Caesarea

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. Jean de La Fontaine

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed. Winston Churchill

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred. George Bancroft

The hatred of knaves is to be preferred to their company. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

preferrableness preferrably preferre preferred agent preferred angle preferred creditor