| Preferment 1. (n.) The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion. 2. (n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church. Thesaurus Entries Great Leap Forward, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, amelioration, amendment, apostolic orders, appointment, ascent, bettering, betterment, boost, calling, canonization, conferment, consecration, election, elevation, enhancement, ennoblement, enrichment, eugenics, euthenics, exaltation, furtherance, graduation, headway, holy orders, improvement, induction, installation, institution, investiture, knighting, lift, major orders, melioration, mend, mending, minor orders, nomination, ordainment, orders, ordination, passing, pay raise, pickup, preference, presentation, progress, progression, promotion, raise, reading in, recovery, restoration, revival, rise, upbeat, upgrading, uplift, upping, upswing, uptrend, upward mobility |