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favor

noun

1 will you do me a favor?:

good turn, service, kind act, good deed, act of kindness, kindness, courtesy, indulgence;

benefit, boon.

▷antonyms disservice.

2 she looked on him with favor:

approval, approbation, commendation, esteem, goodwill, kindness, benevolence, friendliness.

▷antonyms disfavor; disapproval.

3 they accused you of showing favor to one of the players:

favoritism, bias, partiality, unfair preference, prejudice, partisanship, one-sidedness.

4 serve the king well and you shall receive his favor:

patronage, backing, support, aid, assistance, championship, aegis;

auspices.

5 archaic I am your lady and you shall wear my favors:

ribbon, rosette, badge;

token, token of affection, token of esteem;

keepsake, souvenir, memento;

archaic remembrancer.

□ in favor

the firm remains in favor with investors:

popular, well liked, liked, favored, well received, approved, admired, accepted, welcome, sought-after, in demand, desired, wanted.

□ in favor of

two thirds of them were in favor of a strike:

on the side of, pro, for, all for, giving support to, giving backing to, right behind, encouraging of, approving of, sympathetic to.

▷antonyms against.

□ out of favor

a company that is out of favor with the stock market:

in disgrace, unpopular, in bad odor;

informal in someone's bad/black books, in the doghouse;

New Zealand, informal in the dogbox.

▷antonyms in favor.

verb

1 the party favors reform of the electoral system:

advocate, recommend, advise, subscribe to, approve of, look on with favor, be in favor of, support, back, champion;

campaign for, stand up for, argue for, press for, lobby for, urge, promote, espouse, endorse, sanction, vouch for;

informal plug, push.

▷antonyms oppose.

2 Robyn favors loose dark clothes:

prefer, go in for, go for, choose, opt for, select, pick, plump for, single out, incline toward, lean toward, be partial to, like;

informal fancy.

▷antonyms dislike.

3 he was angry that his father always favored George:

show favoritism toward, have a bias toward, treat with partiality, have as a favorite, think more highly of, hold in higher regard;

indulge, pamper, spoil.

4 the conditions favored the other team:

benefit, be to the advantage of, be advantageous to, oblige, help, assist, aid, lend a hand to, advance, abet, succor, serve, be of service to, do someone a favor, meet the needs of.

▷antonyms hinder.

5 he favored Lucy with a smile:

oblige, accommodate, gratify, satisfy, humor, indulge, pander to, put oneself out for;

honor.

6 dated or North American, informal Travis favors our father in coloring:

resemble, look like, be like, be similar to, bear a resemblance to, remind one of, put one in mind of, take after, have the look of;

informal be the spit of, be the spitting image of, be a dead ringer for;

archaic bear semblance to.

▷antonyms differ from.