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

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would sooner

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

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

Her brother would sooner face battle than that sickroom.

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

would sooner

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