Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to favor
Participle: favored
Gerund: favoring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | favor |
| you | favor |
| he;she;it | favors |
| we | favor |
| you | favor |
| they | favor |
Perfect
| I | have favored |
| you | have favored |
| he;she;it | has favored |
| we | have favored |
| you | have favored |
| they | have favored |
Past
| I | favored |
| you | favored |
| he;she;it | favored |
| we | favored |
| you | favored |
| they | favored |
Pluperfect
| I | had favored |
| you | had favored |
| he;she;it | had favored |
| we | had favored |
| you | had favored |
| they | had favored |
Future
| I | will favor |
| you | will favor |
| he;she;it | will favor |
| we | will favor |
| you | will favor |
| they | will favor |
Future Perfect
| I | will have favored |
| you | will have favored |
| he;she;it | will have favored |
| we | will have favored |
| you | will have favored |
| they | will have favored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | favor |
| you | favor |
| he;she;it | favor |
| we | favor |
| you | favor |
| they | favor |
Perfect
| I | have favored |
| you | have favored |
| he;she;it | have favored |
| we | have favored |
| you | have favored |
| they | have favored |
Imperfect
| I | favored |
| you | favored |
| he;she;it | favored |
| we | favored |
| you | favored |
| they | favored |
Pluperfect
| I | had favored |
| you | had favored |
| he;she;it | had favored |
| we | had favored |
| you | had favored |
| they | had favored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would favor |
| you | would favor |
| he;she;it | would favor |
| we | would favor |
| you | would favor |
| they | would favor |
Perfect
| I | would have favored |
| you | would have favored |
| he;she;it | would have favored |
| we | would have favored |
| you | would have favored |
| they | would have favored |
Imperative
| you | favor |
| we | Let's favor |
| you | favor |
Verbs conjugated like 'favor'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'favor'
favour,
flavor,
savor,
aver,
avow,
cavort,
factor,
fagot,
fair,
fav,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- prefer
- fancy, allow, sanction, approve, countenance, encourage, patronize
- appease
- conciliate, ease, facilitate, propitiate
- aid
- assist, help, support
Antonyms
- prefer
- dislike, reject, spurn, exclude
- appease
- annoy, irritate, perturb, roil
- aid
- hinder, impede, obstruct, thwart
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
favor, from L.
favorem (nom.
favor) "good will or support," coined by Cicero from stem of
favere "to show kindness to," from PIE
*dhegh-/*dhogh- "burn." Meaning "thing given as a mark of favor" is from 1588. The verb meaning "to regard with favor" is from 1340.
2. From Middle English favour, favor, faver, from Anglo-Norman favour, from mainland Old French favor, from Latin favor (“good will; kindness; partiality”), from faveō (“to be kind to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Respelled in American English to more closely match its Latin etymon. Compare also Danish favør (“favor”), Irish fabhar (“favor”), from the same Romance source. See: Latin '
favor'.
Verbs referencing "favor"
Ido favorar.
Sample Sentences
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And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:28:]
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Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white. [1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:]
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[…] alone, without having to favor his right, uninjured leg, […] [2007, Bert Casper, Shadow Upon the Dream: Book 1: Barrûn, page 537:]
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These [boys being groomed as prostitutes] are sold by their parents (sometimes stolen from them), about the age of 4, and educated, while they are also subjected to a special physical training, which includes massage of the gluteal regions to favor development, dilatation of the anus, and epilation (which is not, however, practised by Chinese women). [1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6):]
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Would you favor us with a poetry reading?
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I thought—it doesn't matter—you seemed to favour your ma, [1896, Rudyard Kipling, The Mary Gloster:]
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You’re complected like your pa. He had red hair. But you favor your ma in your eyes and mouth. [1915, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island:]
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‘Mandy?’ he said, and stared at the girl. ‘Don't favor her too much.’ ‘Favors her dad,’ Latha said, and looked at him. [1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:]
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[…] chamomile and apples? Those particular smellalikes tested our imagination. Yet much of what he said was right on the mark. The scent of sweet peas, for instance, does indeed favor that of wisteria. [1989, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Robert Galyean, Growing Fragrant Plants, page 13:]
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The way things repeat themselves, across time — not just in the replications and recombinations of family and place ("He favors his momma, she favors her daddy"), but in the accretion of like patterns […] [2012, Rick Bass, A Thousand Deer: Four Generations of Hunting and the Hill Country, →ISBN, page 63:]
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I always try to favor my bad knee.