Synonyms for preferable
ˈprɛf ər ə bəl, ˈprɛf rə- or, often, prɪˈfɜr-prefer·able

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1. preferable, preferredadjective

   more desirable than another

   "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"

   Synonyms:
   best-loved, pet, preferred, favored, favorite(a), preferent, favourite(a)

   Antonyms:
   unwanted, undesirable

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1. preferableadjective

   Synonyms:
   more eligible, more desirable

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1. List of paraphrases for "preferable":

   preferred, better, desirable, advisable, favorite, best

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1. Director Christine Lagarde:

   Given where we are, my suspicion is it would be much preferable to see a deliberate move towards reforms (and) for that to be followed through by the other side of the balance.

2. Tom Hanks:

   Its not an agenda, theres no strategy to it, i worked briefly with Keanu [Reeves], he has a wonderful answer to this question: How is it to be so well regarded? He says Well its preferable to the alternative, which is true.

3. Robin Green:

   Dr. Joel Fleischman in nature. Not exactly the man you knew. He couldn't see past the Hudson River if he tried. He liked his fish smoked or preferable hand sliced from Zabars on a sliced bagel served with onions. Nature, to him, was an irritant. Birds didn't sing, they woke him up. A body of water wasn't life, it was a golf hazard..

4. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity

5. Angela McIntyre:

   Purchasing the Watch in a physical Apple store would be preferable to many people versus buying it online, the purchase experience for luxury goods is different than for consumer electronics, and Apple Watch can be considered a luxury item.