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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

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

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

Dany would sooner have wept for her gold.

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

would sooner

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