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| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approval, good opinion; help |
| Synonyms: | accommodation, account, admiration, aid, approbation, assistance, backing, benediction, benefit, benevolence, bias, blessing, boon, championship, compliment, consideration, cooperation, courtesy, dispensation, encouragement, esteem, estimation, friendliness, gift, good will*, grace, indulgence, kindness, largess, okay, partiality, patronage, present, regard, respect, service, support, token, benignity, good turn, obligement |
| Antonyms: | disapproval, disfavor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pamper, reward; help |
| Synonyms: | abet, accommodate, advance, aid, assist, befriend, esteem, facilitate, further, gratify, humor, indulge, oblige, promote, spare, spoil, value, be partial to, do a kindness, do right by, make exception, play favorites, pull strings, show consideration, side with, smile upon, treat well |
| Antonyms: | hinder, hurt, thwart |
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prefer, like |
| Synonyms: | accept, advocate, appreciate, approbate, approve, back, be in favor of, be on one's side, buck for, champion, choose, commend, cotton to, countenance, encourage, endorse, esteem, eulogize, fancy, flash on, for, go for*, hold with, honor, incline, lean toward, look up to, opt for, patronize, pick, praise, prize, regard highly, root for, sanction, single out, support, take a liking to, take a shine to, take to*, think well of, tilt toward, value |
| Antonyms: | disfavor, dislike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | favor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look like |
| Synonyms: | feature, resemble, simulate, take after*, be the image of, be the picture of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great respect |
| Synonyms: | account, adoration, affection, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, deference, delight, esteem, estimation, favor, fondness, glorification, homage, honor, idolatry, liking, love, obeisance, pleasure, praise, recognition, regard, reverence, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship, idolization, marveling, prizing, valuing |
| Antonyms: | aversion, contempt, disapproval, disgust, dislike, disregard, hate, hatred, loathing |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | support idea or cause publicly |
| Synonyms: | advance, advise, back, bless, bolster, boost*, build up, champion, countenance, defend, encourage, favor, further, go for, go to bat for*, justify, plug*, promote, propose, push, recommend, side, support, tout, uphold, urge, vindicate, argue for, be in corner, brace up, campaign for, get on bandwagon, give a leg up, give a lift, go with, hold with, plead for, plump for*, press for, ride shotgun for, root for, run interference for, say so, speak for, spread around, stump for |
| Antonyms: | assail, attack, criticize, impugn, oppose, protest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, support |
| Synonyms: | abet, alleviate, assist, bail out, befriend, encourage, favor, go to bat for*, lighten, mitigate, promote, relieve, serve, subsidize, sustain, benefact, go with*, lend a hand, open doors for, stick up for, straighten out* |
| Antonyms: | block, hinder, hurt, impede, injure, obstruct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | approbation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise |
| Synonyms: | admiration, approval, consent, endorsement, esteem, favor, go-ahead*, okay, permission, recognition, sanction, support, bells, high regard, the nod |
| Antonyms: | criticism, disapprobation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befriend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make social acquaintance; support |
| Synonyms: | advise, aid, assist, back, benefit, buddy up, case out, come on to, cotton to, encourage, favor, get chummy with, get in with, help, hit it off*, patronize, side with, stand by, sustain, take under one's wing, take up with, uphold, welcome |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | behalf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal interest |
| Synonyms: | account, advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, cause, concern, countenance, defense, encouragement, favor, furtherance, good, help, part, place, profit, recommendation, representation, sake, service, side, support, welfare, stead |
| Main Entry: | benediction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | closing prayer |
| Synonyms: | amen, approbation, approval, beatitude, blessing, consecration, favor, grace, gratitude, invocation, laying on of hands, okay, praise, thanks, benedictus, benison, orison, sanctification, thanksgiving |
| Antonyms: | anathema, execration |
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, better, build, favor, further, improve, pay, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, be good for, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, fill the bill, make a killing, make it, pay off*, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bestow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, allot |
| Synonyms: | accord, apportion, award, bequeath, come through, commit, confer, devote, donate, entrust, favor, gift, give away, grant, hand out, impart, kick in, lavish, offer, present, put out, honor with, render to |
| Antonyms: | deprive, refuse, take |
| Main Entry: | boon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
| Synonyms: | benefaction, benefit, benevolence, blessing, break, compliment, donation, favor, gift, godsend, good, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, windfall, good fortune |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | choose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pick, select |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, appoint, call for, cast, co-opt, commit oneself, crave, cull, decide on, designate, desire, determine, discriminate between, draw lots, elect, embrace, espouse, excerpt, extract, fancy, favor, feel disposed to, finger, fix on, glean, judge, love, make choice, make decision, make up one's mind, name, opt for, predestine, prefer, see fit, separate, set aside, settle upon, sift out, single out, slot, sort, tab, tag, take, take up, tap, want, weigh, will, winnow, wish, wish for |
| Main Entry: | compliment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, flattery |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, admiration, adulation, applause, appreciation, approval, blessing, bouquet*, commendation, confirmation, congratulations, courtesy, encomium, endorsement, eulogy, favor, homage, honor, laud, laurels, notice, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, posy*, regard, respects, sanction, sentiment, tribute, veneration, buttering up, cajolery, comp, felicitation, good word, kudo, laudation, orchid, warm fuzzy |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, complaint, criticism, denunciation, insult, libel, slander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condescend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop, humble oneself |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, bend, comply, concede, deign, descend, favor, grant, oblige, submit, vouchsafe, yield, be courteous, come down off high horse, degrade oneself, demean oneself, high hat, lower oneself, see fit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, unbend |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | cordiality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | friendliness, sociability |
| Synonyms: | amenity, approbation, approval, earnestness, favor, geniality, reciprocity, sincerity, sweetness and light, sympathy, understanding, warmth, affability, agreeability, agreeableness, amiability, enjoyableness, gratefulness, heartiness, mutuality, pleasantness, responsiveness, wholeheartedness |
| Antonyms: | coolness, hostility, ill will, indifference, aloofness, unfriendlines, unsociability |
| Main Entry: | countenance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approve, support |
| Synonyms: | abet, accept, advocate, aid, applaud, back, bear with, champion, commend, condone, confirm, cope, encourage, endorse, favor, go for, handle, help, invite, okay*, sanction, stand for, swallow*, thumbs up*, uphold, approbate, get behind, give green light, give stamp of approval, give the nod, go along with, grin and bear it, hold with, live with, nod at, put John Hancock on, put up with, sign off on, sit still for, smile on*, stomach something |
| Antonyms: | deny, disagree, disapprove, discourage, fight, oppose, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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