prefer: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 11 letter points · starts with P · ends with R
Meaning of prefer
verb
- transitive
To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
Example: I prefer tea to coffee.
- transitive
To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
- dated, transitive
To advance, promote (someone or something).
- obsolete, transitive
To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to).
Listed forms: prefers, preferring, preferred, preferre.
Source: Wiktionary — prefer.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for prefer.
verb
select as an alternative over another
verb
promote over another
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of prefer
P(3) + R(1) + E(1) + F(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of prefer
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from prefer
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