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favored

favored

40 3.7
A person who gets better treatment and more benefits than others
  • adjective
  • /ˈfeɪvərd/
  • US
: favorecido
  • We're making a new homogeneous world of certain favored plants and animals like corn and rats.

Also the length of their videos that tends to be favored by the algorithm.

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Examples

  • Many students feel that being part of the honors program gives them favored access to college scholarships.

  • "This is what Favored Nation is for?"

    Fiction book (1999)

  • So heavy particles are favored and light particles are not favored.

  • Well, it's energetically less favored, right?

  • Whatever PCE numbers settling down, that's their favored inflation measure.

  • And that's the economically favored route for synthesizing taxol.

  • It is called Jerome Powell's favored recession indicator.

  • The chef has a favored recipe that always impresses guests at dinner parties.

  • She received favored treatment due to her experience and strong performance in the previous project.

Synonyms

favorite
vsfavored
  • US
∞ 1.0

Liked more than other people or things

focuses more on formal or practical advantages rather than just liking
privileged
vsfavored
118 4.8

Having special rights or advantages that others do not have

is about being chosen for benefit rather than holding formal rights
preferred
vsfavored
100 2.8

Liked or chosen more than others

gives more emphasis to receiving extra treatment or advantages
pet
vsfavored
65 5.6

Liked most by someone and given special attention

emphasizes official or material advantages as well as special attention
preferential
vsfavored
31 6.0

To give an advantage to one person or group over others

is broader, also meaning being chosen and given extra treatment
best-loved
vsfavored
5 3.4

Liked more than other things of the same kind

is about receiving chosen advantages rather than emotional affection

Antonyms

disfavored
  • US
1 6.7

Less liked and given fewer chances than other people

Compounds

most-favored-nation
  • Formal
12 8.2

A country that receives the same trade advantages as other countries under a trade agreement

well-favored
1 5.3

Has a nice face that people like

How Favored

privileged
118 4.8
favored
  • US
40 3.7
preferred
100 2.8
disfavored
  • US
1 6.7
overlooked
23 4.0

Surface Forms

favored positive

Morphology

favored = favor (transparent) = favor + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'favor', so the meaning 'preferred' is directly derived from the base verb.

Etymology

Favored comes from favor, which means 'support' or 'kindness' and is the same root as favorite. So a favored person is one who gets special support or choice.