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preferrable

/pɹəˈfɜːɹəbəl/

preferrable is the alternative form of preferable.

Meaning of preferable

Adjective

preferable (comparative more preferable, superlative most preferable)

  1. Better than some other option; preferred.
    • This work has been the care and ſtudy of ſome years; as far as health, and other affairs, would permit. For, this appeared, to the author, of as much greater importance, than any other hiſtory whatever; as morality and religion are more excellent, than any temporal affairs; and the hiſtory of true...1756, George Benson, “The Præface. To the First Edition.”, in The History of the First Planting of the Christian Religion: Taken from the Acts of the Apostles, and Their Epistles. Together with the...

Forms of preferrable

comparativemore preferrable
superlativemost preferrable

Questions about preferrable

What is preferrable the alternative form of?
Preferrable is the alternative form of preferable.
How do you pronounce preferrable?
Preferrable is pronounced /pɹəˈfɜːɹəbəl/.

Words near preferrable in the dictionary

  1. preferment-hunting
  2. prefermentation
  3. prefermentations
  4. preferments
  5. preferr
  6. preferrable
  7. preferrableness
  8. preferrably
  9. preferre
  10. preferred
  11. preferred creditor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preferrable (page history and authors); preferable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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