preferableadjective
uk/ˈpref.ər.ə.bəl/us/ˈpref.ər.ə.bəl/B2 better or more suitable:
Surely a diplomatic solution is preferable to war.
More examples
- Anything would be preferable to war.
- Earlier would be preferable from my point of view.
- Wednesday would be preferable.
- Is either venue preferable for you?
- Staying at home is certainly preferable to going out with someone you don't like.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking more
- bias
- each
- fave
- favour
- favourite
- favourite son
- give
- give me ... any day/every time! idiom
- lief
- prefer
- preferably
- preference
- preferred
- rather
- soon
- top ten
- would
- would (just) as soon idiom