Prefer
Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.
Word
Word verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
Common collocations
| style | prefer style | word style |
| way | prefer way | word way |
| characters | prefer characters | word characters |
| nothing | prefer nothing | word nothing |
| Other words: whatever. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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That being said, the word's so offensive you'll probably prefer to use synonyms when discussing male prostitution in Spanish (such as 'prostituto' or 'chapero').
Source: Foreign Cuss Word - Though he seems to prefer it when his victims resist, he also doesn't seem to mind if "fight" becomes another word for "stomp on their heads until their skulls cave in and keep going".
Source: Blood Knight / Video Games - In Herman Melville's Bartleby The Scrivener, Bartleby's "I would prefer not to" causes the other clerks in the office to start using the word "prefer" unconsciously.
Source: Got Me Doing It
Cite this Source
Word and Prefer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/prefer/word
Prefer & Word. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/prefer/word>.
Word or Prefer. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/prefer/word.
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