favor
A kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).
Example
“He did me a favor when he took the time to drive me home.”
Other meanings
Goodwill; benevolent regard.
“She enjoyed the queen's favor.”
A small gift; a party favor.
“At the holiday dinner, the hosts had set a favor by each place setting.”
Synonyms
- party favor
- party favour
A kind of
- token
Antonyms
- discriminate
Related words
- curry favor
- every good boy deserves favor
- fall out of favor
- favor bank
- favorite
- grace and favor
- in something's favor
- kissing goes by favor
- misfavor
- not do someone any favors
- out of favor
- party favor
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "favor" (good will; kindness; partiality).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “favor” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.