preferability
Being more favored
Preferability is the quality of being preferable—worth choosing over alternatives.
The word appears mainly in formal or academic contexts where options are being weighed: The preferability of one treatment over another depends on the patient's age.
In everyday speech, people usually just say something is "better" or "preferable."
Formal review request
- attractivenessPleasing quality that draws
- suitabilityState of being apt
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- acceptabilityState of being sufficient
allure · likability · value · merit · worthiness · charm · enticement · quality
Status of greater importance
- precedenceSuperior rank or importance
- importanceState of mattering
- primacyCondition of being foremost
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
superiority · paramountcy · dominance · predominance · weight · significance · relevance · hierarchy
Chosen item or items
- optionAvailable course of action
- alternativeAnother available choice
- decisionSettled course of action
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
volition · determination · judgment · inclination · leaning · predilection · proclivity · predisposition
appeal
Formal review request
- attractivenessPleasing quality that draws
- suitabilityState of being apt
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
acceptability · allure · likability · value · merit · worthiness · charm · enticement · quality · excellence
priority
Status of greater importance
- precedenceSuperior rank or importance
- importanceState of mattering
- primacyCondition of being foremost
preeminence · superiority · paramountcy · dominance · predominance · weight · significance · relevance · hierarchy · ordering
selection
Chosen item or items
- optionAvailable course of action
- alternativeAnother available choice
- decisionSettled course of action
discretion · volition · determination · judgment · inclination · leaning · predilection · proclivity · predisposition · taste
preferabilityundesirability
Quality of being unwanted
unacceptability · repugnance · distastefulness · unattractiveness · inadvisability
preferabilityequivalence
State of being equal
inferiority · equality · indifference · parity · interchangeability
prefer, preference, preferred, preferable, prefers, preferences, preferring, preferential, preferment