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100 Best Synonyms for “Prefer”

August 4, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. accept agree to take or choose
2. admire regard with approval
3. adopt choose to use or follow
4. adore like very much
5. advocate publicly favor or recommend
6. appreciate value or like
7. approve of regard favorably
8. ask for request as desired
9. back support as the favored choice
10. be after want or seek
11. be big on informally strongly favor
12. be fond of like and often choose
13. be into informally like or favor
14. be keen on strongly like or favor
15. be partial to especially like or favor
16. be set on strongly want or choose
17. care for like or want
18. cherish value with affection
19. cherry-pick select the most desirable
20. choose select as more desirable
21. come down on choose after weighing options
22. covet strongly desire
23. crave want intensely
24. customarily choose choose as usual practice
25. decide on choose after consideration
26. desire want strongly
27. drift toward gradually favor
28. elect choose by decision or vote
29. embrace accept or support willingly
30. endorse formally support or favor
31. enjoy take pleasure in choosing
32. esteem regard highly
33. fall for be attracted to choosing
34. fancy informally like or want
35. favor like or choose over others
36. feel inclined to feel likely to choose
37. give preference to favor one over others
38. go for choose or support a choice
39. go with choose from alternatives
40. gravitate toward naturally move toward choosing
41. habitually choose choose by habit
42. handpick choose personally and carefully
43. hanker for strongly want
44. have a bias for favor from bias
45. have a liking for like and tend to choose
46. have a preference for favor as a choice
47. have a taste for enjoy and tend to choose
48. hold dear value deeply
49. incline toward tend to favor one option
50. itch for eagerly want
51. lean toward slightly favor one option
52. like better find more pleasing than another
53. long for want very much
54. look on favorably view with approval
55. love strongly like or favor
56. normally choose typically select
57. opt for choose from available options
58. pick choose as the desired option
59. pitch for support or advocate
60. plump for decide in favor of
61. press for strongly advocate
62. prize value highly
63. promote support and encourage
64. pursue choose to follow or seek
65. push for actively support or favor
66. rank first put above all others
67. rate judge favorably
68. recommend present as the better choice
69. relish enjoy greatly
70. request ask for as preferred
71. respect regard as worthy
72. select choose as the best option
73. settle on finally choose
74. show a preference for demonstrate favor for
75. side with support one option or person
76. single out choose from a group
77. slant toward show a leaning for
78. support favor or approve
79. swing toward change toward favoring
80. take a liking to begin to favor or like
81. take kindly to respond favorably to
82. take to begin liking or favoring
83. tend to choose usually select
84. tend toward usually favor or choose
85. think highly of regard favorably
86. tilt toward lean in favor of
87. treasure value very highly
88. usually choose normally select
89. value consider important or desirable
90. veer toward shift toward favoring
91. view favorably regard with approval
92. vote for choose or support
93. want desire or choose
94. warm to become more favorable toward
95. welcome receive or choose gladly
96. wish for want as preferred
97. would just as soon would be equally willing to choose
98. would rather would choose instead
99. would sooner would rather choose
100. yearn for deeply want

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