would sooner

VERB

prefer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adopt choose go for pick promote put select suggest wish

STRONG

advance aggrandize cull desire elect elevate fancy finger incline mark place pose present proposition propound raise tag take tap upgrade

WEAK

be partial to be turned on to fix upon like better opt for optate propone put forward would rather

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dislike hate refuse reject

STRONG

decrease depress disgrace drop ignore lessen lose lower stop withhold

WEAK

spurn

Example Sentences

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I’d wager a wolf would sooner recognize a sheep as one of its own than a grinning pug.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Mr Marshall, 48, does not want to know yet if he has Huntington's, saying: "I would sooner not know and not have a fear of what might be ahead if I do have it."

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

The atmospheric production is long on mood and mist and dark places; the monastery, which one would sooner call a castle, dominates the landscape like something from an old horror movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2024

But Niinami said expectations were growing that the BOJ would sooner or later end its expansionist experiment.

From Reuters • Jan. 24, 2023

Ser Jorah would sooner have tucked her inside her palanquin, safely hidden behind silken curtains, but she refused him.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

would sooner

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