Origin: 1250–1300; ME favo(u)r < AF, OF < L favōr- (s. of favor) goodwill, equiv. to fav(ēre) to be favorably inclined + -ōr--or1
Related forms:
fa⋅vor⋅er, noun
Synonyms: 2.Favor,goodwill imply a kindly regard or friendly disposition shown by an individual or group. Favor may be merely an attitude of mind: to look with favor on a proposal. Goodwill is more active and leads often to outward manifestations of friendly approval: By frequent applause the audience showed its goodwill toward the speaker. 5.present. 10.approve, countenance, sanction. 12.encourage, patronize. 15.help, assist.
A gracious, friendly, or obliging act that is freely granted: do someone a favor.
Friendly or favorable regard; approval or support: won the favor of the monarch; looked with favor on the plan.
A state of being held in such regard: a style currently in favor.
A privilege or concession.
favors Sexual privileges, especially as granted by a woman.
Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.
Aspect or appearance.
Countenance; face.
Unfair partiality; favoritism.
A privilege or concession.
favors Sexual privileges, especially as granted by a woman.
Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.
Aspect or appearance.
Countenance; face.
Something given as a token of love, affection, or remembrance.
A small decorative gift given to each guest at a party.
Aspect or appearance.
Countenance; face.
Advantage; benefit: sailed under favor of cloudless skies.
Behalf; interest: an error in our favor.
Obsolete A communication, especially a letter.
Archaic
Aspect or appearance.
Countenance; face.
Obsolete A facial feature.
v.
fa·vored, fa·vor·ing, fa·vors
v.
tr.
To perform a kindness or service for; oblige. See Synonyms at oblige.
To treat or regard with friendship, approval, or support.
To be partial to; indulge a liking for: favors bright colors.
To be or tend to be in support of.
To make easier or more possible; facilitate: Darkness favored their escape.
To treat with care; be gentle with: favored my wounded leg.
Chiefly Southern U.S. To resemble in appearance: She favors her father.
v.
intr.Chiefly Southern U.S. To resemble another in appearance: She and her father favor.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from favēre, to be favorable.] fa'vor·er n., fa'vor·ing·ly adv. When a Southerner favors a relative, he or she is not giving that person special privileges; rather, the Southerner looks like that relative. Favor can be either transitive—She favors her father—or intransitive with a compound subject: She and her father favor. This sense of favor goes back to early modern English: "This young lord Chamont/Favors my mother" (Ben Jonson). The verb derives from the noun favor, which was used from the 15th to the 19th century to mean "appearance, aspect; the countenance, face": "What makes thy favor like the bloodless head/Fall'n on the block?" (Tennyson). This sense of the noun is now archaic, but the verb thrives in the English of the Southern United States.
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