favor
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an act of gracious kindness
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
promote over another
he favors his second daughter
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- preferment derivation
- favour derivation
Sense 3 noun
an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
the outcome was in his favor
Types & categories
- advantage hypernym
Related & opposite
- favor derivation
Sense 4 verb
consider as the favorite
The local team was favored
Types & categories
- regard hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an inclination to approve
that style is in favor this season
Types & categories
- inclination hypernym
Sense 6 verb
treat gently or carefully
Types & categories
- spare hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a feeling of favorable regard
Types & categories
- approval hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
bestow a privilege upon
Types & categories
- permit hypernym
Related & opposite
- favor derivation
- privilege derivation
- prerogative derivation
- favour derivation
Sense 9 noun
souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
Types & categories
- keepsake hypernym
- cracker bonbon hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | privilege |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | favour |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | benignity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | good turn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preferment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | favour |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | elevate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | advantage |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | favor |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | advantage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | favor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | favour |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | regard |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclination |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | favor |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | favour |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | spare |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | favor |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | favor |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | privilege |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | favour |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | approval |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | favor |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | privilege |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | prerogative |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | favour |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | permit |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | keepsake |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | cracker bonbon |