favored

Questions about favored

What does favored mean?

favored means "preferred above all others and treated with partiality".

How many syllables are in favored?

favored has 2 syllables: favo-red. The stress falls on "favo". In IPA it is /ˈfeɪvɚd/.

What is another word for favored?

Close synonyms include favorite, favourite, best-loved, pet, preferred. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is favored a common word?

favored is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.