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preference has 5 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 4 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a strong liking
“my own preference is for good literature”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for preference come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a predisposition in favor of something
“a predilection for expensive cars”
grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties)