Englishpartial
adjective
1 the partial recovery of the economy:
incomplete, limited, qualified, restricted, imperfect, fragmentary, unfinished.
▷antonyms complete, total, whole.
2 the paper gave a distorted and very partial view of the situation:
biased, prejudiced, partisan, one-sided, slanted, skewed, colored, interested, parti pris, discriminatory, preferential, jaundiced;
unjust, unfair, inequitable, unbalanced.
▷antonyms unbiased, impartial, disinterested.
□ be partial to
Celeste was partial to bacon sandwiches:
like, love, enjoy, have a liking for, be fond of, be keen on, have a fondness for, have a weakness for, have a soft spot for, have a taste for, be taken with, care for, have a predilection/proclivity/penchant for, be enamored of;
informal adore, be mad about/on, have a thing about, be crazy about, be nutty about;
British, informal be potty about;
North American, informal cotton to, be nutso over/about;
Australian, New Zealand, informal be shook on.
| choose the right word | partial, biased, prejudiced |
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