favoring
adjective
fa·vor·ing ˈfā-v(ə-)riŋ 
: providing or tending to provide help in moving forward : being in one's favor : advantageous
a favoring tide
They had flown away in the still June heat like dandelion spores, wafted by a favoring gale.
Christine Carroll
Christine CarrollAt Cadiz the fleet was delayed by foul winds until 11 May, when it sailed with a favoring northerly. Samuel Eliot Morison
Samuel Eliot Morison
Word History
First Known Use
1586, in the meaning defined above
favoring
verb
1
as in appeasing
to do a service or favor for although she was at the party as a guest, the singer favored us with a song Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- appeasing
- delighting
- assisting
- obliging
- indulging
- accommodating
- helping
- pleasing
- aiding
- satisfying
- humoring
- supporting
- placating
- coddling
- conciliating
- mollifying
- mollycoddling
- abetting
- pacifying
- pampering
- relieving
- succoring
- comforting
- gratifying
- gladdening
- attending
- ministering (to)
- caring (for)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- burdening
- troubling
- weighing
- bothering
- opposing
- impeding
- restraining
- disturbing
- hindering
- constraining
- saddling
- obstructing
- disappointing
- hampering
- deserting
- failing
- encumbering
- inconveniencing
- incommoding
- discommoding
- disobliging
- thwarting
- hobbling
- letting down
- sabotaging
- holding back
- hamstringing
- frustrating
2
as in accepting
to have a favorable opinion of if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it Synonyms & Similar Words
- accepting
- tolerating
- supporting
- liking
- countenancing
- praising
- okaying
- applauding
- going for
- sustaining
- enjoying
- recommending
- lauding
- upholding
- acclaiming
- holding with
- saluting
- commending
- subscribing (to)
- taking kindly to
- approving (of)
- OK'ing
- enduring
- caring (for)
- standing by
- bearing
- consenting (to)
- concurring (in)
- assenting (to)
- backing (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- criticizing
- condemning
- denouncing
- disfavoring
- disparaging
- disapproving (of)
- frowning (on or upon)
- deprecating
- disliking
- censuring
- depreciating
- blacklisting
- opposing
- damning
- hating
- discountenancing
- minding
- reprobating
- dissenting (from)
- loathing
- objecting (to)
- reprehending
- detesting
3
as in preferring
to show partiality toward older moviegoers tend to favor films that have certain extras—like a plot and developed characters Synonyms & Similar Words
- preferring
- liking
- enjoying
- choosing
- wanting
- picking
- selecting
- relishing
- being partial to
- desiring
- adoring
- prejudicing
- biasing
- fancying
- leaning (toward or towards)
- appreciating
- coveting
- naming
- handpicking
- admiring
- going in for
- taking
- culling
- digging
- craving
- valuing
- caring (for)
- cherishing
- prizing
- treasuring
- cottoning (to)
- biassing
- revelling (in)
- reveling (in)
- grooving (on)
- delighting (in)
- hankering (for or after)
- singling (out)
- inclining (toward)
- wishing (for)
- tending (to)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disfavoring
- disliking
- hating
- refusing
- rejecting
- abhorring
- detesting
- declining
- loathing
- discarding
- misliking
- turning down
- jettisoning
- abominating
- throwing away
- throwing out
4
as in gifting
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute favored with good looks Synonyms & Similar Words
- gifting
- endowing
- blessing
- equipping
- providing
- granting
- supplying
- awarding
- investing
- induing
- enduing
- according
- enhancing
- empowering
- heightening
- enabling
- clothing
- enriching
- willing
- covering
- bequeathing
- bestowing (on or upon)
- conferring (on)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stripping
- divesting
- draining
- depleting
- dispossessing
- exhausting
- skimping
- stinting