Synonyms of favoring

favoring

verb

present participle of favor

1

as in appeasing

to do a service or favor for

although she was at the party as a guest, the singer favored us with a song

Synonyms & Similar Words

• appeasing
• delighting
• obliging
• assisting
• indulging
• accommodating
• helping
• satisfying
• pleasing
• humoring
• aiding
• supporting
• placating
• coddling
• conciliating
• abetting
• pampering
• pacifying
• relieving
• comforting
• gratifying
• mollifying
• mollycoddling
• attending
• ministering (to)
• succoring
• gladdening
• caring (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weighing
• troubling
• bothering
• burdening
• disturbing
• failing
• opposing
• disappointing
• saddling
• restraining
• impeding
• hindering
• encumbering
• deserting
• obstructing
• constraining
• hampering
• inconveniencing
• disobliging
• incommoding
• discommoding
• letting down
• hobbling
• thwarting
• holding back
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• hamstringing

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• weighing
• troubling
• bothering
• burdening
• disturbing
• failing
• opposing
• disappointing
• saddling
• restraining
• impeding
• hindering
• encumbering
• deserting
• obstructing
• constraining
• hampering
• inconveniencing
• disobliging
• incommoding
• discommoding
• letting down
• hobbling
• thwarting
• holding back
• sabotaging
• frustrating
• hamstringing

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2

as in accepting

to have a favorable opinion of

if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accepting
• tolerating
• supporting
• countenancing
• liking
• approving (of)
• subscribing (to)
• okaying
• going for
• praising
• applauding
• caring (for)
• enjoying
• holding with
• sustaining
• recommending
• upholding
• lauding
• saluting
• taking kindly to
• OK'ing
• commending
• acclaiming
• enduring
• standing by
• backing (up)
• consenting (to)
• concurring (in)
• assenting (to)
• bearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• criticizing
• condemning
• denouncing
• frowning (on or upon)
• disapproving (of)
• disparaging
• disfavoring
• deprecating
• depreciating
• censuring
• blacklisting
• disliking
• damning
• opposing
• hating
• discountenancing
• minding
• dissenting (from)
• reprobating
• loathing
• objecting (to)
• reprehending
• detesting

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• criticizing
• condemning
• denouncing
• frowning (on or upon)
• disapproving (of)
• disparaging
• disfavoring
• deprecating
• depreciating
• censuring
• blacklisting
• disliking
• damning
• opposing
• hating
• discountenancing
• minding
• dissenting (from)
• reprobating
• loathing
• objecting (to)
• reprehending
• detesting

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3

as in preferring

to show partiality toward

older moviegoers tend to favor films that have certain extras—like a plot and developed characters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preferring
• liking
• enjoying
• choosing
• wanting
• leaning (toward or towards)
• picking
• going in for
• caring (for)
• selecting
• relishing
• desiring
• being partial to
• adoring
• fancying
• appreciating
• naming
• prejudicing
• coveting
• biasing
• digging
• culling
• taking
• admiring
• reveling (in)
• revelling (in)
• delighting (in)
• grooving (on)
• craving
• handpicking
• valuing
• wishing (for)
• singling (out)
• hankering (for or after)
• tending (to)
• cherishing
• cottoning (to)
• inclining (toward)
• treasuring
• biassing
• prizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disfavoring
• disliking
• hating
• refusing
• rejecting
• abhorring
• detesting
• declining
• loathing
• discarding
• misliking
• turning down
• jettisoning
• abominating
• throwing away
• throwing out

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• disfavoring
• disliking
• hating
• refusing
• rejecting
• abhorring
• detesting
• declining
• loathing
• discarding
• misliking
• turning down
• jettisoning
• abominating
• throwing away
• throwing out

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4

as in endowing

to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute

favored with good looks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endowing
• gifting
• blessing
• equipping
• providing
• supplying
• investing
• induing
• granting
• awarding
• enduing
• according
• clothing
• empowering
• enhancing
• enabling
• bestowing (on or upon)
• heightening
• enriching
• conferring (on)
• covering
• bequeathing
• willing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stripping
• divesting
• draining
• depleting
• exhausting
• dispossessing
• skimping
• stinting

• stripping
• divesting
• draining
• depleting
• exhausting
• dispossessing
• skimping
• stinting

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