favourite

Speech parts

1. favourite - Noun

2. favourite - Adjective

3. favourite - Verb

4. favourite - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

preferred above all others and treated with partiality

a special loved one

something regarded with special favor or liking

a competitor thought likely to win

appealing to the general public

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ducky darling dearie deary preferred favored favorite pet best-loved preferent pacer popular better special dear

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Antonyms

rascal scamp imp out snake rogue

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Hypernyms

challenger choice competition selection rival pick

Hyponyms

chosen mollycoddle macushla

Phrases with the word

favourite bookworm favourite occupation favourite work favourite music favourite team favourite effects

Examples

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities ... will always be the favourite beverage of the intellectual. Thomas De Quincey

My favourite thing is to go where I've never been. Diane Arbus

'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. Christopher Hitchens

Bold resolution is the favourite of providence. Latin Proverb

The rabble, as of old, truckles to success, and hates a favourite in disgrace. Latin Proverb

There's one of God's favourite harms. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

favouringly favourise favouristic favourite bookworm favourite child favourite effect