Favour

Definition: Favour

Favour

Noun

1. A feeling of favorable regard.

2. An inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season".

3. An advantage to the benefit of someone or something; "the outcome was in his favor".

4. Souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party.

5. An act of gracious kindness.

Verb

1. Treat gently or carefully.

2. Bestow a privilege upon.

3. Promote over another.

4. Consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "favour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

"Favour" is a common misspelling or typo for: favor, flavor.

Synonyms: Favour

Crosswords: Favour

The odds favour standing part (For Your Eyes Only; writing credit: Richard Maibaum)

With a daughter had a favour (Walk This Way; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Do me a favour write one verse without a curse (Freakin It; performing artist: Will Smith)

Grace & Favour (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cancer and You: How to Stack the Odds in Your Favour (reference)

• Courting Favour (reference)

• Do the World a Favour, and Other Stories (Five Star First Edition Mystery Series) (reference)

• In Favour of Govinddevji (reference)

• No Fear or Favour (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Negro student (centre) in the dining hall of the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1951--He was one of the first ten Negroes admitted to university following a circuit court ruling in their favour. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But the peculiar expressions of the constitution of the United States furnish additional arguments in favour of its rejection. (reference)

The French Revolution, for example, abolished feudal property in favour of bourgeois property. (reference)

She likewise renounces in favour of China any claim to indemnities accruing thereunder subsequent to March 14, 1917. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

His appearance is so much against him, and his manner so bad, that if she ever were disposed to favour him, she is not now.

Then, also, the blameless purity of her life during all these years in which she had been set apart to infamy, was reckoned largely in her favour.

The Cafe Lemblin stood out for the emperor in opposition to the Cafe Valois, which was in favour of the Bourbons

And if thy poor devoted servant may But beg one favour at thy gracious hand, Thou dost confirm his happiness for ever

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The key to regional co-operation is political will on the part of governments to decide in favour of regional supply options over national self-sufficiency ones. In the past, even when regional projects have had clear mutual benefits, there has been a tendency for governments to choose national options. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "favour": as a favour ♦ ask a favour ♦ ask a favour of smb. ♦ bask in the king's favour ♦ be biased in favour of ♦ be in favour of ♦ be in favour with ♦ be out of favour ♦ be weighted in favour of smb. ♦ beg a favour of smb. ♦ bestow a favour ♦ carry favour ♦ court favour ♦ court smb.'s favour ♦ curry favour ♦ curry favour with ♦ curry favour with smb. ♦ decide in favour of smth. ♦ discriminate favour of smb. ♦ discriminate in favour ♦ discriminate in favour of smb. ♦ do a favour ♦ do smb. a favour ♦ do the favour ♦ fair field and no favour ♦ fall out of favour with smb. ♦ favour of ♦ favour smb. ♦ favour smb. a smile ♦ favour smb. with ♦ favour smb. with smth. ♦ favour with ♦ find favour in smb.'s sight ♦ find favour in the eyes of ♦ give smb. one's favour ♦ high favour ♦ in favour ♦ in favour of ♦ in favour of abortion ♦ look with favour on ♦ lose favour ♦ love favour ♦ militate in favour ♦ motion in favour of ♦ open a credit in favour of ♦ out of favour ♦ party favour ♦ pronounce in favour of ♦ request a favour ♦ show favour ♦ special favour ♦ the odds were in his favour ♦ treat with favour ♦ wedding favour ♦ win smb.'s favour ♦ without fear of favour ♦ without fear or favour. Additional references.

Beginning with "favour": favour-as, favour-currying, favour-mongering.

Ending with "favour": out-of-favour.

Afrikaans

begunstiging (favor, protection), begunstig (favor). (various references)

Albanian

favor (complaisance, Favor, indulgence), favorizim (Favor), favorizoj (advance, Favor, protect), miratoj (accede, accept, adopt, approbate, approve, assent, confirm, consent, countenance, enact, Favor, pass, ratify, recognize, root for, sanction, vote in), i tregoj dashmirësi dikujt (Favor), lehtësi (airiness, boon, convenience, ease, easiness, ethereality, facility, Favor, lightness), dhuratë (benevolence, bestowal, bounty, contribution, endowment, fairing, Favor, gift, grant, handsel, oblation, offering, premium, present, presentation, testimonial, token), miratim (acceptance, acclamation, adoption, approbation, approval, assent, confirmation, consent, countenance, enactment, endorsement, Favor, goodwill, imprimatur, indorsement, leave, ok, okay, okey, ratification, recognition, sanction, validation, warrant), simpati (Favor, fellow feeling, fondness, liking, sympathy), nder (benignity, boon, complaisance, credit, distinction, fair dealing, Favor, honor, honour, kindness, service), ngjaj me (Favor), pëlqej (affect, approve, enjoy, fancy, Favor, like, love, please, relish, take to), pëlqim (acceptance, accord, bent, compliance, consent, endearment, Favor, gusto, liking, love, partiality, pleasure, readiness), përkrah (advance, back, bolster, buttress, champion, encourage, espouse, Favor, hug, patronize, promote, prop up, protect, root for, side with, stand up for, stick up for, support, take smb.'s part, upbear, uphold), përkrahje (abetment, advocacy, aliment, backing, backup, boost, buttress, championship, espousal, Favor, furtherance, intercession, paternalism, patronage, promotion, prop, protection, push, support), letër (communication, epistle, Favor, letter, message, paper). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سهل (ease, ease off, easy, even, expedite, facilitate, favor, flat, frail, get-at-able, plain, quite simple, simple, slick, smooth, soft), ‏دعم (back, back up, backing, backup, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding), ‏رعاية (auspices, care, charge, cultivation, custody, favor, inspection, nursing, patronage, protection, sponsor, sponsorship, tutorship, ward), ‏أيد (advocate, affirm, champion, countenance, favor, further, go in for, look with favor on, look with favour on, plunk, reason, second, side, side with, stand for, stand up for, stick up, stick up for, subscribe, subserve, support, sustain, underpin, uphold, validate), ‏إستحسان (acceptance, applause, approbation, approval, curtain call, favor), ‏الفضل (favor, increment, surplus), ‏جميل (beaut, beauteous, beautiful, comeliness, comely, courtesy, dainty, fair, favor, fine, good looking, grace, graceful, gratitude, handsome, kind act, lovely, magnificent, nice, pretty, shapely, sightly, sweet), ‏خدمة (duty, employ, favor, service, serving), ‏دارى (favor, humor, humour, toddle), ‏ساند (favor, patronize, sponsor, sustain), ‏فضل (advantage, choose, excel, favor, grace, graciousness, merit, outshine, prefer, priority, surpass), ‏تأييد (advocacy, advowson, corroboration, countenance, favor, support), ‏تحيز (align, favor, favoritism, favouritism, inequality, odds, partiality, prejudice), ‏حابى (carry favor, carry favour, favor, look with favor on, look with favour on, promote, show favor, show favour), ‏لصالح (favor), ‏نعمة (blessing, boon, favor, grace, mercy), ‏محاباة (bias, favor, favoritism, favouritism, odds, one sidedness, partiality, prejudice), ‏ميز (characterize, confer distinction upon, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, favor, grant a special privilege, honor, identify, know, label, make a distinction, mark, notice, observe, perceive, prefer, privilege, realize, recognize, segregate, separate, set above others, set apart, set aside, single, single out, stamp), ‏عطف (favor, goodwill, kindliness, kindness, sentimentalize, sympathy). (various references)

Bulgarian 

благоразположение, писмо (letter, script), поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, feed, fuel, help on, hold, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, sustain, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), полза (account, advantage, avail, behoof, boot, expedience, expediency, good, interest, profit, use, utility, value, velvet), помощ (aid, assistance, benefit, dole, help, leg up, lift, subvention, support), покровителство (aegis, auspices, patronage, protection, protectorship, shadow), покровителствувам (guard, patronize, protect, screen, tolerate), приличам на (become, resemble, smell of, take after), пристрастие (partiality, partisanship, predilection), доброжелателство (benevolence, friendliness, goodwill, kindness), благоволявам (condescend, deign, please, stoop, vouchsafe), услуга (benignity, kindness, office, service, turn), благосклонен съм, благосклонност (benevolence), значка (badge, ensign, insignia), насърчавам (abet, embolden, encourage, hearten, man, prompt, pull for, push, support, uphold), облагодетелствувам (advantage), отнасям се любезно, розетка (patera, riffle, rosace, rose, rosette), улеснявам (facilitate, grease, settle, smooth, tide), украшение дадено в знак на обич, благоприятствувам (advance, advantage, serve). (various references)

Chinese 

厚待 (Favor). (various references)

Czech

fábor (Favor), zaujetí (absorption, animation, Favor), zalíbení (fancy, Favor, taste), stužka (braid, Favor, ribbon), služba (duty, Favor, ministration, office, service, turn, utility), prokázat přízeò (Favor), preferovat (Favor), podporovat koho (Favor, side with), poctít (dignify, Favor, grace, honor, honour), přízeò (Favor, goodwill, grace, patronage, respect), odznak (badge, emblem, Favor, sign), náklonnost (affection, bent, bias, Favor, fondness, goodwill, inclination, partiality, penchant, proclivity, taste), laskavost (benevolence, benignity, Favor, goodness, grace, graciousness, kindliness, kindness), dát přednost èemu. (various references)

Danish

fremme ikke-ødelæggende former for turisme (to favour a non-destructive form of tourism), foranstaltning til fordel for fred og nedrustning (action in favour of peace and disarmament), faellesmarkedets virksomhed vil fremme en harmonisering af de sociale ordninger (the functioning of the common market will favour the harmonisation of social systems), tolv stemmer afgivet af mindst fire medlemmer,der stemmer for (cast by at least four members, twelve votes in favour), aktioner til stoette for tredjelandes valutaer (monetary support operations in favour of third countries), begunstige oeget samarbejde mellem massemedierorganisationer,herunder pressebureauer,saavel som mellem forlag og organisationer (as well as among publishing houses and organizations, including press agencies, to favour increased co-operation among mass media organizations), dom,som giver sagsoeger medhold (judgment in favour of the plaintiff), EF-indsats for samarbejde inden for økonomi med Polen,Ungarn,Jugoslavien,Bulgarien Tjekkoslovakiet og Rumænien (ACE(II), Bulgaria, Community action for cooperation in the field of economics in favour of Poland, Hungary, Romania and Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia), EF-indsats for samarbejde inden for økonomi med Polen,Ungarn,Jugoslavien,Bulgarien,Tjekkoslovakiet og Rumænien (ACE(II), Bulgaria, Community action for cooperation in the field of economics in favour of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania, Hungary, Yugoslavia), erklære sig inkompetent til fordel for den ret,ved hvilken sagen er anlagt først (to decline jurisdiction in favour of the court first seized), afgiftsdifferentiering på miljøområdet (tax differenciation in favour of the environment), -taler for;-taler for forslaget (speaker in favour), vekslerne kan endosseres til enheder i andre sektorer (the bills may be endorsed in favour of units belonging to different sectors), kontoret for foranstaltninger til fordel for handicappede (bureau for actions in favour of disabled people), pantsætte til tredjemand (to charge as security in favour of a third party), refusioner i forbindelse med en privat sygeforsikring tegnet af en privat person til fordel for ham selv eller hans familie (reimbursement under a private contract of sickness insurance taken out by an individual in favour of himself or his family), remittent (beneficiary, beneficiary party, favour of, payee, remitter, ultimate beneficiary), ret til at kræve,at registreringen overdrages til ham (entitled to demand the assignment in his favour), sag,hvor sagsøgeren har fået medhold (case decided in favour of applicant), erklaerer sig for fjernelsen af uligheder,som skyldes juridiske bestemmelser (to be in favour of the elimination of disparities arising from the legal provisions). (various references)

Dutch

gunst (favor), genadigheid (favor), begunstiging (auspices, favor, patronage, protection, support). (various references)

Esperanto

favoro (favor), favori (favor), komplezo (favor). (various references)

Finnish

suosionosoitus, suosio (popularity), suosia (patronize, support), suopeus (goodwill, kindness, propitiousness). (various references)

French

service (Favor), grâce (Favor), favoriser (carry favour, Favor), faveur (Favor), complaisance (favor). (various references)

Frisian

geunst, begeunstigje. (various references)

German

gunst (boon, Favor, goodwill, patronage), gefälligkeit (complaisance, Favor, favorableness, favourableness, goodwill, helpfulness, kindness, pleasantness), huld (Favor, grace, graciousness), gnade (boon, clemency, Favor, grace, graciousness, mercy, pardon), gefallen (appeal, benefit, dropped, fallen, Favor, favors, fell, killed in action, please, pleasure, relish, suit, to oblige, to please, tumbled, zestfulness), bevorzugen (Favor, give preference to, prefer, to favour), begünstigen (abet, aid and abet, encourage, Favor, further, pander, promote, protect, to favour, to pander). (various references)

Greek 

χάρη (behalf, comeliness, cuteness, Favor, grace, pardon, sake), ευνοώ (befriend, foster, grace). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתמוך ב- (countenance, stick up for, subscribe, uphold), לשאת פ� ים (discriminate in favour), לחון (amnesty, endow, grant, pardon, pity), ל�"פלות לטוב�" (show favour), לצ�"�" (be on the side of, list, look with favour on, side with, take sides, turn sideways), חן (beauty, charm, grace, gracefulness, graciousness, loveliness, prettiness), זכות (acquittal, advantage, credit, equity, merit, prerogative, privilege, right, vantage), �'מילות חס�"ים (benefection, benevolence, charity, philanthropy), טוב�" (behalf, good turn, sake, service), רצון (desire, goodwill, grace, volition, will, wish). (various references)

Hungarian

szívesség (act of grace, Favor, kindness, service), részrehajlás (Favor, favoritism, favouritism, partiality, predilection). (various references)

Indonesian

mengaruniai (bestow), karunia. (various references)

Italian

favorire (accommodate, encourage, Favor, Foster, further, grace, help, patronise, patronize, promote, support), favoreggiare (abet, Favor), favore (boon, favor, grace, please, pleasure, service, will, zestfulness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

賛成　 (agreement, approval, support), 賛成 (agreement, approval, support), �"�" (partiality, patronage), 知遇 (warm friendship), 厚情　 (hospitality, kindness), 厚情 (hospitality, kindness), 恩誼 (debt of gratitude, obligation), 恩顧 (patronage), 恩義 (debt of gratitude, obligation), 恩沢 (benefit), 恩典 (act of grace, special privilege), 恩寵 (grace), 恩 (debt of gratitude, obligation), 愛顧 (patronage), �"心 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

お�"ぎ (debt of gratitude, obligation), お�"たく (benefit), お�"�" (patronage), お�"て�" (act of grace, heat spot, special privilege), お�"ちょう (grace, harmony, intonation, melody, rhythm, tone, tune), お�" (debt of gratitude, note, obligation, sound), ひいき (partiality, patronage), さ�"せい (3rd generation in US, acidity, agreement, approval, birth control, children of nisei, frequent reflection, participation in government, support), か�"し�" (admiration, alarming, careful investigation, concern, deplorable, interest, reporting after careful investigation, retainer who dares to dissuade his lord, satisfaction, Well done!), �"うじょう (advancement, bank of a large river, code of morals, colloid, compromise, concession, constancy, elevation, factory, friendship, hospitality, improvement, intimacy, kindness, mill, moral principles, plant, progress, rise, ruined castle, siege, speech, vocal message, workshop), あい�" (draw, patronage, tie), ちぐう (being appreciated by one's employer, meeting, warm friendship). (various references)

Korean 

호의 (Benevolent, Favor, goodwill). (various references)

Manx

foayral, foayraghey, foayr (benefaction, boon, discrimination, interest, kindness), cur foayr da. (various references)

Norwegian

velvilje (benevolence, goodwill), tjeneste, begunstige. (various references)

Papiamen

fabor. (various references)

Pig Latin

avourfay.(various references)

Polish

przysługa. (various references)

Portuguese

favor (behalf, bestowal, boon, countenance, favor, grace, indulgence, lights, please). (various references)

Romanian

favoare (boon, Favor, kindness, pap, protection, service, smile), favoriza (abet, advantage, conduce, encourage, Favor, forward, further, grace, increase, patronize, prosper, speed, support), fi favorabil (Favor, serve), onoare (credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, Favor, glory, honor, honour, reputation, repute, reverence), agrea (accept, Favor, sanction), amabilitate (affability, amability, amiability, amiableness, blandness, civility, courteousness, courtesy, Favor, gentleness, kindness, obligingness, politeness, willingness), cinste (appreciation, ceremony, chastity, consideration, credit, crown, esteem, fairness, faith, faithfulness, fame, Favor, fealty, gift, glory, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, morality, probity, repute, respect, straight, treat, truth, uprightness, virtue), hatâr (Favor, law), învrednici (honor, honour, vouchsafe), ocrotire (asylum, charge, defence, Favor, screening, shelter, sheltering), susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, argue, assert, back, back up, bear, bear up, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, claim, contend, countenance, defend, encourage, endorse, entertain, Favor, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, hold up, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), privilegia (Favor), privilegiu (advantage, charter, Favor, franchise, freedom, incident, indulgence, licence, patent, prerogative, priority, privilege, right), profit (account, advantage, bargain, behoof, benefit, boot, convenience, Favor, gain, good, grist, hand, interest, job, profit, return, use, velvet, yield), rugãminte (desire, entreaty, Favor, petition, prayer, request, requirement, suit, supplication), scrisoare (epistle, Favor, letter, writ, writing), semn (auspice, badge, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, gesture, impress, index, indication, Mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), serviciu (attendance, berth, department, employ, employment, Favor, job, ministration, ministry, office, position, service, situation, turn), interes (advantage, benefit, cause, concern, convenience, Favor, interest, significance, stake). (various references)

Russian 

сувенир (memento, souvenir), расположение (collocation, disposal, disposition, emplacement, goodwill, liking, lineup, order, ranking, regard), относиться благосклонно, одолжение (complaisance, good office, kindness), значок (badge, ensign, ideograph), быть похожим (bear a resemblance, resemble), бант (bow, bowknot, knot), благосклонность (grace, kindness), благоприятствовать (prosper, redound), покровительство (auspice, auspices, patronage, protectorship), польза (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, favor, good, profit, use, wholesomeness). (various references)

Scottish

f� bhar, gr� s (grace, pl.+an). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

favorizovati (favor), usluga (accommodation, favor, ministration, service, turn), pokazati naklonost (favor), naklonost (appetence, appetency, favor, grace, likes, partiality, sympathy), milost (favor, grace, graciousness, loveliness, mercy, niceness), čuvati (conserve, favor, guard, husband, protect, store, tend, treasure, watch). (various references)

Spanish

favor (a favor, accommodation, behalf, boon, do the favor, favor, good graces, good turn, help, kindness, service), favorecer (advantage, back, bring on, Favor, flatter, forward, look with favor on, look with favour on, patronize, prosper, stimulate, subserve). (various references)

Swedish

ynnest (Favor, grace, indulgence), gunst (Favor), tjänst (appointment, duty, employment, Favor, office, service, situation), nåd (absolution, grace, pardon, quarter), gynna (advance, befriend, Favor, further, patronize, promote, support), favorisera (Favor, treat with favor, treat with favour). (various references)

Thai

ชื่นชอบ (favor), สนับสนุน (back, behind, bolster, buoy up, favor, for, further, lend to, second, side, sustain), การยกย่อง (favor), ความช่วยเหลือ (favor, hand), ของขวัญ (favor, gift). (various references)

Turkish

kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), şereflendirmek (grace, reflect credit upon smb.), ayrıcalık (benefit, cachet, charter, concession, concessionairy, eligibility, faculty, Favor, franchise, immunity, incident, oracle, peculiar, prerogative, privilege, refusal, royalty, speciality), beğenilme (Favor), benzemek (appear, approach, approximate, be similar, bear resemblance to, compare, correspond, dovetail, Favor, have an air of, have resemblance to, look alike, look like, match, mimic, promise, remind, remind of, resemble, resemble smb. in looks, seem, take after, take on, throw back), desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, sustain, underpin, uphold), dikkat göstermek (Favor), hediye (bounty, donative, Favor, gift, giveaway, gratuity, present, presentation), iltimas (favoritism, favouritism, pie, pull), şeref nişanı, iyilik etmek (be good towards, do a favor, oblige), yardımda bulunmak (Favor), kayırma (backing, Favor, protection, pull, shadow), kayırmak (back, enlist, Favor, protect, show favour), koruma (aegis, asylum, auspices, bodyguard, conservancy, conservation, convoy, covering, custody, defending, defense, escort, Favor, guard, guarding, indemnity, keeping, lifeguard, maintenance, patronage, preservation, protection, protective, retention, safeguard, safekeeping, shade, shadow, shield, tutelage, umbrella), lütuf (blessing, boon, complaisance, condescension, Favor, grace, kindliness, kindness), sevilme (being liked, being loved, Favor), taraftarlık (Favor), tutmak (abide by, add up to, affect, Bate, be, bespeak, bind, book, catch, charter, check, choke, choke back, choke down, choke off, claw hold of, clench, clutch, cog, cohere, come to, confine, constrain, contain, cost, cramp, engage, Favor, figure out at, fish, gather, get hold of, grapple, grasp, grip, guard, hang onto, hire, hire on, hold, hold back, hold in, hold on, hold on to, hold up, inhibit, intercept, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep to, occupy, play, play on, play upon, possess, redeem, remand, reserve, restrain, retain, save, seize, seize on, stanchion, stick, stick to, stifle, strangle, support, take, take up, tot up, total, uphold, withhold, work out at), yardım (aid, alms, assist, assistance, backing, backup, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donation, donative, Favor, furtherance, hand, help, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, shot, stand by, succor, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), iyilik (beneficence, goodness, kindliness, kindness, loving kindness, well being). (various references)

Ukrainian

ставитися прихильно, сприяти (abet, advantage, assist, befriend, bolster, conduce, cooperate, facilitate, farther, further, help, help along, help forward, make for, promote, redound, subserve, support), заступництво (auspices, patronage, pleading, protection, protectorate, protectorship, proxy, push, shelter), підтримувати (aliment, back, back up, bear up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, corroborate, encourage, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, sustain, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), підтримка (aegis, aliment, alimentation, backing, boost, cheer, crutch, egis, espousal, pick me up, prop, sanction, smiles, sponsorship, support, sustention, vindication), прихильність (acceptance, adherence, affectation, affection, benevolence, bias, committal, devotion, endearment, good-liking, goodwill, grace, kindness, liking, sympathy), послуга (accommodation, kindness, office, turn). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thiện ý (favor, goodwill), sự thuận ý sự chiếu cố (favor), sự thiên vị (favor, favoritism, favouritism, unfairness), sự quý mến sự đ�"ng ý (favor), sự che chở (aegis, favor, protection, protectiveness, safe keeping), sự ủng hộ vật ban cho (favor), ân huệ (boon, favor), đặc ân sự giúp đỡ (favor). (various references)

faventia, favere, favor. (various references)

ar, geearnung, milts. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "favour": favoured, favourer, favourers, favouring, favours. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: favor.

-2 letters: arvo, faro, fora, four.

-3 letters: arf, avo, far, for, fou, fro, fur, oaf, oar, ora, our, ova, var, vau.

-4 letters: ar, fa, of, or.

+1 letter: favours, flavour.

+2 letters: favoured, favourer, flavours, flavoury.

+3 letters: favourers, favouring, flavorful, flavoured.

+4 letters: flavouring, unfavorite.

+5 letters: flavorfully, overcareful, overfatigue, unfavorable, unfavorably.