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[pɹɪˈfɝ] · verb
(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better..
I prefer tea to coffee.
I'd prefer it if you didn't do it.
I'd prefer to stay home rather than drive/driving in the blizzard.
You that will be leſſe fearefull, then diſcreet, That loue the fundamentall part of State More then you doubt the change on’t: That preferre A Noble life, before a Long,[…]
"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
The February kid he should retain, also the full-grown goat; the goatling he should sell, also its kid, unless he prefers using it for the table. Thus he has not only a good supply of milk, but he has an early kid ready for next year, […]
Similar, if milder, versions of the same are reported in some (but not all) studies of humans, ranging from the Wellesley effect, discussed in the introduction, to heterosexual women preferring the smell of high-testosterone men.
You don’t attack politicians because you prefer them; you attack them because you’re scared of them.
Use prefer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prefer means (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better..
Common synonyms include fain, favor, forechoose, elevate.
Possible antonyms include disprefer.
I prefer tea to coffee.
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