preferentialadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌpref.ərˈen.ʃəl/us/ˌpref.ərˈen.ʃəl/used to say that something you are given that is better than what other people receive:
Inmates claimed that some prisoners had received preferential treatment.
Single mothers have been given preferential access to council housing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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preferentially
adverb uk/ˌpref.ərˈen.ʃəl.i/us/ˌpref.ərˈen.ʃəl.i/