favor
favor is a 5-letter English word with 22 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.
- noun. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.
- noun. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.
- noun. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
- noun. The object of regard; person or thing favored.
- noun. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.
- noun. Appearance; look; countenance; face.
- noun. Partiality; bias.
- noun. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.
- noun. Love locks.
- noun. To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.
- noun. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.
- noun. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.
- noun. an act of gracious kindness
- noun. souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party
- noun. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something
"the outcome was in his favor"
- noun. an inclination to approve
"that style is in favor this season"
- noun. a feeling of favorable regard
- verb. consider as the favorite
"The local team was favored"
- verb. promote over another
"he favors his second daughter"
- verb. bestow a privilege upon
- verb. treat gently or carefully
Synonyms
Common word forms
favors, favored, favorer, favoring, favorable, favorless
Words from these letters
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