In favor

Synonyms for "in favor" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (15)

Preposition(4 words)
favorablefavorable outcomefavorable rulingfor
Adjective(1 words)
favorable result
held in esteemhighly esteemedhighly regardedhighly reputedhighly respectablehonorablehonoredinin good odorin high favor

Related words (26)

Preposition(7 words)
in support ofon the side ofpositiveprosupportsupporting decisionsupportive
Noun(1 words)
mattered greatly for
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
approvallinguistic phraseopinionpositionpositive stancepreferenceprepositional phrasestancesupport

More specific

13 entries
advantageous outcomeadvocacyapprovalbackingbeneficial resultendorsementfavorable judgmentfavorable rulingin support ofon the side ofpreferable optionpro positionsupporting view

Collocations

15 entries
be for the planbe in favorclearly in favorexpress supportin favor ofmajority in favormore in favoron the side ofpublic in favorremain in favorstrongly in favorsupport the proposalunited in favorvote in favorwidely in favor

Inflections

3 entries
in favorsmore in favormost in favor

Derivations

7 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Many of those who had been out of favor were now in favor.

Source: wiktionary

There were 50 votes in favor and 48 opposed.

Source: wiktionary

With reference to Senate bill 495, 60 voted in favor, 23 opposed, and 3 present.

Source: wiktionary

Seventy-eight members of the National Assembly voted in favour and 29 voted against, including the members of two opposition parties. The law was adopted at roughly 3:05 p.m. ET.

Source: wiktionary