Emotions
Synonyms for preference
Synonyms for preference: taste and druthers. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for preference
Interchangeable with preference in this sense
Audited under preference's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one preference carries in that sense.
- tastenoun, in the sense "a strong liking"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name preference as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- druthersdruthers is a noun in the sense "the right or chance to choose"
one of these comes from preference's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
a strong liking
My own preference is for good literature.
The true synonym
taste
Same sentence, swapped: My own taste is for good literature.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for preference in the sentence quoted.
- orientation
- fascination
- esteem
Where preference turns up in the game
preference is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where preference is the trap
- possibilitynoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is opening, in the sense "a possible alternative", and preference is one of the three tiles that lose.
- tastenoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is appreciation, in the sense "delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)", and preference is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play preference
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so preference reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other emotions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. preference carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.