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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It is that the average father would sooner eat the grill brush than ask to be thanked—and I built the survey specifically to find out why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Stayed on nicely when third at Tramore on New Year's Day but pulled up in the Ultima Chase at Cheltenham last month and would sooner be with one of the others than Crooner.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

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

From Reuters • Jan. 24, 2023

But she also said that she wouldn’t get weekly tests unless vaccinated workers also had to: She would sooner sell her house and move.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2021

He would sooner have had Summer than a silver wolf on his breast, but Ser Rodrik had been unyielding.

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

would sooner

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