favor
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Noun 4 meanings
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
“He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.”
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
“She enjoyed the queen's favor.”
A small gift; a party favor.
“wedding favor”
Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.
Verb 4 meanings
To look upon fondly; to prefer.
To use more often.
To encourage, conduce to
To do a favor [noun sense 1] for; to show beneficence toward.
“Would you favor us with a poetry reading?”
Etymology
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”).
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FAVOR at a glance
FAVOR has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + V 4 + O 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,520 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with favor
All rhymes- FLAVOR12
- SURVIVOR14
- ENDEAVOR12
- FERVOR12
- SAVOR8
- DISFAVOR15
- SALVOR9
- BEVOR10
- LIVOR8
- GILLYVOR15
- OUTSAVOR11
- OVERFAVOR18
One letter away
- SAVOR8
- FAVER11
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