100 Best Synonyms for “Prefer”

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