Synonyms for favor
ˈfeɪ vər

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. favor, favour(noun)

   an act of gracious kindness

   Synonyms:
   party favor, favour, party favour

2. favor, favour(noun)

   an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

   "the outcome was in his favor"

   Synonyms:
   party favor, favour, party favour

3. favor, favour(noun)

   an inclination to approve

   "that style is in favor this season"

   Synonyms:
   party favor, favour, party favour

4. favor, favour(noun)

   a feeling of favorable regard

   Synonyms:
   party favor, favour, party favour

5. party favor, party favour, favor, favour(verb)

   souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

   Synonyms:
   party favor, favour, party favour

6. prefer, favor, favour(verb)

   promote over another

   "he favors his second daughter"

   Synonyms:
   choose, privilege, favour, prefer, opt

7. favor, favour(verb)

   consider as the favorite

   "The local team was favored"

   Synonyms:
   privilege, favour, prefer

8. favor, favour(verb)

   treat gently or carefully

   Synonyms:
   privilege, favour, prefer

9. privilege, favor, favour(verb)

   bestow a privilege upon

   Synonyms:
   privilege, favour, prefer

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. favor(n)

   Esteem for a person is a favorable opinion on the basis of worth, especially of moral worth, joined with a feeling of interest in and attraction toward the person. Regard for a person is the mental view or feeling that springs from a sense of his value, excellence, or superiority, with a cordial and hearty friendliness. Regard is more personal and less distant than esteem, and adds a special kindliness; respect is a more distant word than esteem. Respect may be wholly on one side, while regard is more often mutual; respect in the fullest sense is given to what is lofty, worthy, and honorable, or to a person of such qualities; we may pay an external respect to one of lofty station, regardless of personal qualities, showing respect for the office. Estimate has more of calculation; as, my estimate of the man, or of his abilities, is very high. Estimation involves the idea of calculation or appraisal with that of esteem or regard, and is especially used of the feeling entertained by numbers of people; as, he stood high in public estimation. Compare ESTEEM, v.; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE.

   Synonyms:
   esteem, esteem, estimate, estimation, regard, respect

   Antonyms:
   abhorrence, antipathy, aversion, contempt, dislike, hatred, loathing, repugnance

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1. favor

   Synonyms:
   permission, grace, concession, predilection, gift, civility, benefit, kindness, good will, regard, condescension, preference, boon, countenance, patronage

   Antonyms:
   refusal, denial, prohibition, disfavor, withdrawal, withholding, frown, disapproval, injury, discountenance

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. favor(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   countenance, befriend, encourage, patronize

2. favor(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   support, aid, help, assist

3. favor(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   humor, indulge, spare

4. favor(n.)

   Synonyms:
   kindness, friendliness, countenance, grace, kind regard, good will, propitious aspect

5. favor(n.)

   Synonyms:
   benefit, act of grace, good deed, kind act

6. favor(n.)

   Synonyms:
   patronage, championship, support, befriending, defence, vindication

7. favor(n.)

   Synonyms:
   letter, epistle, communication

8. favor(n.)

   Synonyms:
   gift, present, token of good will

9. favor(n.)

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) bias, partiality, prejudice

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1. favor(n)

   Synonyms:
   countenance, regard, good-will, kindness, support, promotion, befriending, championship, espousal, countenancing

   Antonyms:
   disfavor, opposition

2. favor(v)

   Synonyms:
   support, countenance, encourage, resemble

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "favor":

   favour, saleh, service, flower, elevator, favourable, prefer

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How to use favor in a sentence?

1. Antoinette Quiles:

   He would be doing me a favor, hopefully, if it's not available, I won't buy it. I've tried to stop and put it away, but it's available.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   Over a few short months, the Biden administration seems to have given up on selling actual unity in favor of catnip for their liberal base, covered with a hefty coat of false advertising.

3. Elysa Braunstein:

   I know it was a favor.

4. Matthew Bryza:

   The good news is that those who are in favor of reform see this as an opportunity. This provides some leverage for the financial and economic ministries, the others, to advance reforms.

5. William Schaffner:

   What the vaccine does is shift the equation in our favor.

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