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favour

noun

1 will you do me a favour?:

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

benefit, boon.

▷antonyms disservice.

2 she looked on him with favour:

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

▷antonyms disfavour; disapproval.

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

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

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

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

auspices.

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

ribbon, rosette, badge;

token, token of affection, token of esteem;

keepsake, souvenir, memento;

archaic remembrancer.

□ in favour

the firm remains in favour with investors:

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

□ in favour of

two thirds of them were in favour 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 favour

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

in disgrace, unpopular, in bad odour;

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

New Zealand, informal in the dogbox.

▷antonyms in favour.

verb

1 the party favours reform of the electoral system:

advocate, recommend, advise, subscribe to, approve of, look on with favour, be in favour 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 favours loose dark clothes:

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

informal fancy.

▷antonyms dislike.

3 he was angry that his father always favoured George:

show favouritism towards, have a bias towards, treat with partiality, have as a favourite, think more highly of, hold in higher regard;

indulge, pamper, spoil.

4 the conditions favoured the other team:

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

▷antonyms hinder.

5 he favoured Lucy with a smile:

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

honour.

6 dated or North American, informal Travis favours our father in colouring:

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.

favour Oxford Dictionary of English