Like better (6)
I believe the answer is:
prefer
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">like better</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for prefer that I've seen before include "support" , "Choose as more desirable, like better" , "Like one better than another" , "Tend to choose (one thing over another)" , "as one may with charges" .)