ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsFfavor
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favor
Meaning: to prefer or support one choice over another
favor in a sentence
How favor is used in real sentences:
The evidence seems to favor the second explanation.
The survey results favor a later start time.
“Some students favored keeping it because Mira's fear became vivid.”
— from the passage The Question on Stage
Synonyms for favor
Other words for favor — prefer and support — carry the same meaning.
- prefer
- support
Antonyms of favor
Words that mean the opposite of favor:
- oppose
- reject
- disfavor
Where it comes from
From Latin favor 'goodwill', from favere 'to show kindness to'.
Memory hook
To favor an option is to treat it as favorable.