preferential

Synonyms for preferential

adj favored

adjective. best, superior

adjective. preferred

1805, from Medieval Latin preferentia, from Latin praeferre (see prefer) + -al (1).

Proportional representation and preferential voting I have mentioned.

Preferential trade was the alternative path to imperial federation.

With that end no one will quarrel; but how will preferential trade promote it?

Is the preferential shop so delicate a fabric as to prove futile?

This city should elect its municipal officers by preferential voting.

Mr. Chamberlain broached his plan of preferential tariffs in a speech at Birmingham on May 15, 1903.

The other Premiers agreed to consider whether Canada's preferential tariff policy could be followed.

He is giving the lender a right to a preferential share in his future income.

Preferential dock charges are prohibited and a port fund established under the act.

The dead are either cremated or buried, the former being the preferential mode.