Favor

//ˈfeɪ.və//

Synonyms for "favor" (624 found)

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Closest matches (125)

aid help prefer privilege token gift abet abetment accept acceptance accommodate accommodation accomplishment accord respect to account acculturate acknowledgment act of courtesy act of grace act of kindness

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adherence admiration admire adopt adoration adore advance advantage advocacy advocate aegis affinity agree aid and abet aim at air allowance ameliorate amend amenity an in answer ape apotheosis apotheosize appear like appreciate appreciation approach approbation approval approve approve of approximate ascendancy assist assistance attention auspices authority avail awe baby back backing bad books bag bail out be desirous of be like be partial to be redolent of bear a hand bear resemblance bearing befriend behind benediction benefaction benefit benevolence benignity bent better bias billet blank check bless blessing boon boost break no bones breathless adoration bring forward bring to mind brow business letter call to mind call up care carriage carte blanche cast cast of countenance cater to champion championship charisma charity charm chit choose choose rather chosen kind civility civilize clemency cling clout coddle color come close

Verb(2 words)

abet assist

Noun(1 words)

aid

Strong matches (187)

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cordiality correspond cosset countenance counterfeit courtesy credit cup of tea deanship defer to deference deification deify demeanor desiderate desire dial discriminate dispatch dispensation disposition do a favor do a service do good do no harm do right by doctor dominance domination drag druthers duty ease edify educate effect elect elevate embolden emend eminence enchantment encourage encouragement endorse endorsement enhance enlighten enrich entertain respect for epistle espouse esteem estimation evoke exaggerated respect exalt excellence expedite face facial appearance facies facilitate fancy fascination fatten favorable regard favorable vote favoritism feature features feeling fellow feeling follow for forbearance force forgiveness forward foster fosterage franchise freedom friendly relations further garb gesture give a boost give a hand give a lift give help give way to go go for go in for go straight good deed good feeling good graces good offices good terms good turn good understanding goodwill grace graceful gesture grant gratify great respect greatness guidance guise harmony hasten have a bias have a mind to have designs on have preference have rather hearten hero worship hero-worship high regard hold hold in esteem hold in reverence hold with homage honor honor before humanity humor idolatry idolization idolize imitate immunity importance improve improve upon in in back of in favor of in support of incidental power inclination incline incomparability indorse indulge indulgence influence influentiality inimitability inside track insinuation interest keep in countenance keepsake

Verb(5 words)

decide endorse favoritize favour favourite

Noun(3 words)

favour gift help

Related words (312)

kind deed kind offices kindly act kindness kisser labor of love lard largess lead leadership lean lean toward lean towards leaning lend a hand lend hand lend one aid lend wings to leniency letter

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leverage liberty license lift like like better line lineaments lines look like look up to looks love lust lust after magnetism majority make make an improvement make for manna map mastery match meliorate memento memento mori memorabilia memorial memorials memories mend mercy message mien militate mimic mirror missive mitigation mitzvah mollycoddle moment mug mush mutual affinity mutual attraction mutual regard name near nearly reproduce nod not tell apart note nurture obligation oblige office ok one upmanship one-upmanship opinion opt for pamper pan parallel pardon partake of partiality particular choice party favor patent pathos patronage penchant personal choice personality persuasion phiz physiognomy pity play favorites please polite act popularity port posture potency power precedence predilection predisposition predominance predomination preeminence prefer to preference prejudice preponderance prepossession prepotence prepotency prerogative presence present pressure prestige priority prize pro proclivity proffer aid profit promote propensity protect pull purchase push forward puss put forward quarter quicken raise rally rapport rather rave reclaim recommend redeem refine refine upon reform regard reign relic relief relieve remedy remembrance remembrancer remind one of render assistance reply reprieve repute rescript rescue resemble respect restore resuscitate revere reverence reverential regard revive reward right-of-way rule ruth sanction satisfy save savor of say seal of approval second seconding see fit seem seem like select self-pity seniority serve service set before set forward set up shine upon show kindness to show preference sic side side with simulate single out skill smack of smile upon socialize sound like souvenir special favor speed spoil sponsor sponsorship spur stack up stack up with stamp of approval stance stand stoop straighten out style suasion subscribe subtle influence success succor suction suggest suggestion superiority support supremacy sustain sway sympathy take take after take in tow take kindly to take to taste tend tend toward tendency thing think best think fit think highly of think much of think proper think well of token of remembrance trait traits transcendence transcendency transfigure transform treat treat unequally treat well trophy turn turn over a new leaf tutelage type upgrade uphold uplift upper hand urbanity value venerate veneration view view with favor virtuosity visage vogue voice vote want warrant way weight whip hand wish wish to goodness wish very much worship worth would fain do yea yea vote yield yield to

Noun(6 words)

lending a hand party favor party favour punim service token

Verb(3 words)

prefer privilege sanction

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

29 entries

advance advantage allow approval benignity consider countenance disposition elevate inclination keepsake kick upstairs kindness let permit promote

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Antonyms

5 entries

discriminate discrimination disfavor harm sabotage

Synonyms

7 entries

aid help lend hand party favor prefer privilege token

causes desire

1 entries

thank

derived

32 entries

curry favor every good boy deserves favor fall out of favor favor bank favorable favored favorer favorise favorite favoritism favourable favoured favourer favourite favouritism

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has context

2 entries

dialects legal

is a

4 entries

advantage approval inclination kindness

manner of

2 entries

see spare

related to

15 entries

beneficence deed favorable favored favorite favour fond goodwill helpful kind lenity letter lovelock party favor prefer

Translations

169 translations across 57 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

guns verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Albanian

2 entries

nder noun (kind or helpful deed)
nderim noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

εὔνοια noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
χάρις noun (kind or helpful deed)

Arabic

2 entries

مَعْرُوف noun (kind or helpful deed)
أَنْعَمَ verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Basque

2 entries

fabore noun (kind or helpful deed)
mesede noun (kind or helpful deed)

Belarusian

2 entries

паслу́га noun (kind or helpful deed)
прыхі́льнасць noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

एहसान noun (kind or helpful deed)

Bulgarian

2 entries

услу́га noun (kind or helpful deed)
облагодетелствам verb (to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward)

Catalan

4 entries

favor noun (kind or helpful deed)
favor noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
servei noun (kind or helpful deed)
afavorir verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

好意 noun (kind or helpful deed)
好意 noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
幫忙 /帮忙 noun (kind or helpful deed)
恩惠 noun (kind or helpful deed)

Czech

4 entries

laskavost noun (kind or helpful deed)
pomoc noun (kind or helpful deed)
pozornost noun (small gift)
přízeň noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Danish

3 entries

god vilje noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
gunst noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
tjeneste noun (kind or helpful deed)

Dutch

4 entries

dienst noun (kind or helpful deed)
gunst noun (kind or helpful deed)
gunst noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
plezier noun (kind or helpful deed)

Esperanto

4 entries

favoro noun (kind or helpful deed)
bonvoli verb (to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward)
favori verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
favorigi verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Finnish

4 entries

armo noun (mildness or mitigation of punishment)
palvelus noun (kind or helpful deed)
pikkulahja noun (small gift)
pöytälahja noun (small gift)

French

3 entries

faveur noun (kind or helpful deed)
faveur noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
favoriser verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Galician

3 entries

favor noun (kind or helpful deed)
favor noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
favorecer verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

German

4 entries

Aufmerksamkeit noun (small gift)
Dienst noun (kind or helpful deed)
Gefallen noun (kind or helpful deed)
Gefälligkeit noun (kind or helpful deed)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐌽𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (kind or helpful deed)

Greek

3 entries

εύνοια noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
χάρη noun (kind or helpful deed)
ευνοώ verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Hebrew

1 entries

טוֹבָה noun (kind or helpful deed)

Hindi

1 entries

एहसान noun (kind or helpful deed)

Hungarian

4 entries

apró ajándék noun (small gift)
jóindulat noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
kedvezés noun (kind or helpful deed)
kegy noun (kind or helpful deed)

Irish

3 entries

fabhar noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
gar noun (kind or helpful deed)
fabhraigh verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Italian

4 entries

bomboniera noun (small gift)
favore noun (kind or helpful deed)
favore noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
accudire verb (to treat with care)

Japanese

4 entries

優遇 noun (kind or helpful deed)
好意 noun (kind or helpful deed)
好意 noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
寵愛 noun (kind or helpful deed)

Kazakh

4 entries

жақсылық noun (kind or helpful deed)
жақсылық noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
шын пейіл noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
ықылас noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Khmer

1 entries

គុណ noun (kind or helpful deed)

Korean

4 entries

도움 noun (kind or helpful deed)
부탁 noun (kind or helpful deed)
양보 noun (kind or helpful deed)
은혜 noun (kind or helpful deed)

Ladino

4 entries

favor noun (kind or helpful deed)
hatir noun (kind or helpful deed)
enfavoreser verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
favorizar verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Latin

4 entries

venia noun (kind or helpful deed)
addīcō verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
faveō verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
faveō verb (to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Gonscht noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Macedonian

1 entries

услуга noun (kind or helpful deed)

Manx

1 entries

foayr noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Middle English

3 entries

favour noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
favouren verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
favouren verb (to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward)

Māori

4 entries

mariu verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
mariu verb (to do a favor (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward)
popore verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
popore verb (to treat with care)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

fadhwila noun (kind or helpful deed)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

tjeneste noun (kind or helpful deed)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

tenest noun (kind or helpful deed)
teneste noun (kind or helpful deed)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

مساعده noun (kind or helpful deed)
منت noun (kind or helpful deed)
بگنمك verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Gonst noun (kind or helpful deed)

Polish

2 entries

przysługa noun (kind or helpful deed)
faworyzować verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Portuguese

2 entries

favor noun (kind or helpful deed)
favorecer verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Romanian

1 entries

favoare noun (kind or helpful deed)

Russian

4 entries

благоскло́нность noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
любе́зность noun (kind or helpful deed)
одолже́ние noun (kind or helpful deed)
расположе́ние noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Sanskrit

2 entries

राधस् noun (kind or helpful deed)
वर noun (kind or helpful deed)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

ȕsluga noun (kind or helpful deed)
у̏слуга noun (kind or helpful deed)

Slovak

1 entries

láskavosť noun (kind or helpful deed)

Slovene

1 entries

usluga noun (kind or helpful deed)

Spanish

4 entries

favor noun (kind or helpful deed)
favor noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
favorecer verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)
preferir verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Swedish

2 entries

gunst noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
tjänst noun (kind or helpful deed)

Tagalog

1 entries

paki-usap noun (kind or helpful deed)

Turkish

1 entries

iyilik noun (kind or helpful deed)

Ukrainian

2 entries

послу́га noun (kind or helpful deed)
прихи́льність noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)

Vietnamese

1 entries

ơn noun (kind or helpful deed)

Volapük

3 entries

gön noun (goodwill; benevolent regard)
plitod noun (kind or helpful deed)
gönön verb (to look upon fondly; to prefer)

Welsh

2 entries

cymwynas noun (kind or helpful deed)
ffafr noun (kind or helpful deed)

Sample sentences

41 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Are you in favor of the workers getting more money?

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Are you in favor of or against that policy?

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Are you in favor of the plan or not?

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I am in favor of your proposal.

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