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favorite

favorite

1.0
Liked more than other people or things
  • adjective
  • /ˈfeɪvərɪt/
  • US
translation icon : favorito
  • This is my favorite album.
  • one of my favorite
  • a favorite author
  • a favorite book

This is my exact favorite style of like dress.

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Examples

  • This is my favorite time of the year.

  • Chocolate ice cream is her favorite dessert.

  • This one is one of my favorite looks ever.

  • OK, I think this is my favorite set of the collection.

  • You want to know my favorite memory of my mom?

  • And this is my favorite kind of nutrition.

  • - This is her favorite perfume.

  • That's been my favorite feature by far.

  • The room was dominated by the work of his favorite English painter, J. M. W. Turner.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Who's your favorite director of all time? - Pabst.

Synonyms

preferred
vsfavorite
8 2.8

Liked or chosen more than others

is the same idea expressed as being liked more than others
best-loved
vsfavorite
4 3.4

Liked more than other things of the same kind

is liking or preferring without saying it is the absolute most
favored
vsfavorite
  • US
3.7

A person who gets better treatment and more benefits than others

does not imply extra treatment, only being liked more by people
fave
vsfavorite
  • Informal
7.9

Most liked thing of its kind used before a noun

is the neutral word used across contexts rather than casual speech
fav
vsfavorite
  • Informal
7.4

Liked most by someone

is the full form used in normal speech and formal writing

Antonyms

1.6

People do not pay attention to a person or thing

Compounds

43 1.1

A place that someone likes more than other places

16 1.0

The school subject you like most

12 1.4

A meal you enjoy more than any other

7 3.0

A person or thing many fans like most

A person or team thought most likely to win

favorite son
  • Literature
6 7.6

A politician from a state who has strong local support and whom people choose to keep the state's delegates loyal

5 1.4

The taste you like most in a food or drink

5 1.0

A set of cooking instructions someone likes most for a dish

2 3.5

A person or thing that most people in a group like more than others

Something many people like for a long time

A happy time from when you were a child that you still think about with joy

5.4

A bar or pub that people visit often and like

9.9

A person friends like because they are funny and cute

How Liked

adored
2.6
favorite
  • US
1.0
preferred
8 2.8
liked
1.0
disliked
1.0

Surface Forms

favorite positive
favourite positive

Morphology

favorite = favor (transparent) = favor + ite

The adjective 'favorite' is a regular formation from 'favor' + '-ite', giving 'liked or preferred'.

Etymology

Favorite comes from the old word favor, which means 'liking' or 'support'. So when something is your favorite it is the one you like most or treat with special care.