Meanings
adjectivefavoured (comparative more favoured, superlative most favoured)
comparative more favoured · superlative most favoured · alternative favored · alternative favor’d · alternative favour’d
- Treated or regarded with partiality.
- in compoundsHaving a certain appearance or physical features.
ill-favoured; well-favoured; hard-favoured
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepreferred above all others and treated with partiality
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian привилегирован
- привилегирован (privilegirovan)treated or regarded with partiality
Esperanto favorata
- favoratatreated or regarded with partiality
Hungarian kivételezett
- kivételezetttreated or regarded with partiality
Māori rorotu
- rorotutreated or regarded with partiality
Spanish agraciado, favorido (disused)
- agraciadotreated or regarded with partiality
- favorido (disused)treated or regarded with partiality
- favorecidotreated or regarded with partiality
Cite this entry
APA
favoured. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favoured
MLA
“favoured.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favoured. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “favoured,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favoured.
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