Definition of Favour

1. Verb. Treat gently or carefully. "Sam cannot favour Sue "

Exact synonyms: Favor
Generic synonyms: Save, Spare
Derivative terms: Favor

2. Noun. A feeling of favorable regard.
Exact synonyms: Favor
Generic synonyms: Approval
Derivative terms: Favor, Favor, Favor

3. Verb. Bestow a privilege upon. "They favour him to write the letter"
Exact synonyms: Favor, Privilege
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Derivative terms: Favor, Privilege, Privilege

4. Noun. An inclination to approve. ; "That style is in favor this season"
Exact synonyms: Favor
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Inclination, Tendency

5. Verb. Promote over another. "The chefs favour the vegetables"; "He favors his second daughter"
Exact synonyms: Favor, Prefer
Generic synonyms: Advance, Elevate, Kick Upstairs, Promote, Raise, Upgrade
Specialized synonyms: Advantage
Derivative terms: Favor, Preferment

6. Noun. An advantage to the benefit of someone or something. "The outcome was in his favor"
Exact synonyms: Favor
Generic synonyms: Advantage, Vantage
Derivative terms: Favor

7. Verb. Consider as the favorite. "The local team was favored"
Exact synonyms: Favor
Generic synonyms: Consider, Reckon, Regard, See, View
Derivative terms: Favor, Favor

8. Noun. Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party.
Exact synonyms: Favor, Party Favor, Party Favour
Specialized synonyms: Cracker, Cracker Bonbon, Snapper
Generic synonyms: Keepsake, Relic, Souvenir, Token

9. Noun. An act of gracious kindness.
Exact synonyms: Favor
Generic synonyms: Benignity, Kindness
Specialized synonyms: Good Turn, Turn
Derivative terms: Favor

Definition of Favour

1. Noun. A piece of help, usually to be repaid ¹

2. Verb. To look upon fondly; to prefer. ¹

3. Verb. To do a favour (noun sense 1) for; to show beneficence toward. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Favour

1. to favor [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: favor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Favour

favorite
favorite(a)
favorite son
favorited
favorites
favoritest
favoriting
favoritism
favoritisms
favorize
favorous
favors
favose
favosite
favosites
favour (current term)
favour'd
favourabilities
favourability
favourable
favourable position
favourable reception
favourableness
favourablest
favourably
favoured
favouredly
favourer
favourers
favourest

Literary usage of Favour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"She looked with silent favour on the attentions which Prince Louis paid her second daughter, the Princess Alice, who was now seventeen, and, although she ..."

2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"So she lay blessing and praising God, who had had such favour for her. In the morning they arose with the sun, and prepared themselves for their departure; ..."

3. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"An Apartment at Court provided for the Author. He is in high favour with the Queen. He stands up for the Honour of his own Countrey. ..."

4. Calendar of the Charter Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office by Great Britain Public Record Office, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, Alfred Edward Stamp (1908)
"A charter of the same Roger in favour of the monks of Brecon. [Ibid., p. 265.] 6. A charter of the same Roger in favour of the monks of Brecon. [Ibid.} 6. ..."

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