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Adjective favoring has 1 sense
- affirmative, favoring - supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument"
Antonym: anti (indirect, via pro)
Verb favor has 4 senses
- prefer, favor, favour - promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
--1 is one way to promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot favor Sue
The chefs favor the vegetables
- favor, favour - consider as the favorite; "The local team was favored"
--2 is one way to see, consider, reckon, view, regard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- favor, favour - treat gently or carefully
--3 is one way to spare, save
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot favor Sue
- privilege, favor, favour - bestow a privilege upon
--4 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
They favor him to write the letter
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