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(pref-er-en-tial) 4 syllables

Definition

adjective. giving an advantage or special treatment to someone.

Example Sentence

She always seems to get preferential treatment.

More Example Sentences

The policy allows for preferential selection of applicants.

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Rhymes

  • hentschel
  • henschel

  • credential
  • essential
  • potential
  • prudential
  • sequential
  • tangential
  • torrential
  • credential
  • essential
  • potential
  • prudential
  • torrential

  • confidential
  • consequential
  • deferential
  • differential
  • existential
  • exponential
  • influential
  • nonessential
  • preferential
  • presidential
  • providential
  • quintessential
  • residential
  • reverential
  • confidential
  • deferential
  • differential
  • existential
  • exponential
  • preferential
  • presidential
  • quintessential
  • reverential

  • inconsequential
  • jurisprudential
  • nonresidential
  • vice-presidential
  • experiential
  • jurisprudential
  • nonresidential
  • vice-presidential
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