Definitions

in favor of

ADJECTIVE

favorable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable benign encouraging positive supportive sympathetic

WEAK

acclamatory affirmative amicable approbative approbatory assenting benevolent benignant commending complimentary enthusiastic inclined kind kindly laudatory okay praiseful predisposed reassuring recommendatory understanding welcoming well-disposed well-intentioned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantageous disagreeable hateful

WEAK

bad derogatory detrimental harmful hindering hurtful hurting injurious unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unpromising

ADJECTIVE

likely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable expected fair feasible inclined possible prone reasonable

WEAK

achievable anticipated assuring attainable believeable conceivable conjecturable credible destined disposed favorite given to imaginable in the cards in the habit of inferable liable odds-on on the verge of ostensible plausible practicable predisposed presumable promising rational seeming subject to supposable tending thinkable true up-and-coming verisimilar workable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impossible unlikely unreasonable

WEAK

implausible inapt unforeseeable

PREPOSITION

for

Synonyms

WEAK

after as beneficial to concerning conducive to during for the sake of in contemplation of in exchange for in furtherance of in order to in order to get in place of in pursuance of in the direction of in the interest of in the name of notwithstanding on the part of on the side of pro supposing to to counterbalance to go to to the amount of to the extent of toward under the authority of with a view to with regard to with respect

Example Sentences

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The playwright avoids any suggestion of tidy resolutions in favor of leaving the future of the characters and their relationships unknown and unforeseeable—much like the recent events that have suddenly reordered their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Researchers also have found irregular patterns in the distribution of gross-margin percentages, again in favor of round or neatly-divisible numbers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Some that pared their human workforces in favor of AI bots have had to rehire fired workers, according to Forrester Research.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Naturally, there are some robust arguments in favor of a ban like this.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

Sound and memory and broader social understanding are sacrificed in favor of heightened awareness of the threat directly in front of us.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

in favor of

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