What does druthers mean?
Druthers means (US, informal, often humorous) Wishes, preferences..
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/ˈdɹʌðɚz/ · noun
(US, informal, often humorous) Wishes, preferences..
"If I had my druthers, I would not be a king. I'd druther be just what I am than any other thing."
"If you had your druthers—" Old Lew was always saying, "If I had my druthers, gimme one of them there Shevrolics."
"If I had my druthers," he informs us, "I'druther be myself — not because I'm anythin' special, just because it's convenient."
“You were a little to the right, Mr. Finch,” he called. “Always was,” answered Atticus. “If I had my ‘druthers I’d take a shotgun.”
If I'd had my "druthers," our engagement would not have been two and one half years long. But schooling made our druthers invalid.
If I had my "druthers," I'd screw a chimpanzee. Call it, pointless.
Use druthers when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Druthers means (US, informal, often humorous) Wishes, preferences..
Common synonyms include preference.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"If I had my druthers, I would not be a king. I'd druther be just what I am than any other thing."
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