favourite

1. 1.

   appealing to the general public

   “a favorite tourist attraction”

   Synonymsfavorite

   Similarpopular
2. 2.

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   “the favored child”

   Synonymsfavoredfavoritebest-lovedpetpreferredpreferent

   Similarloved

Other forms of favourite

plural

favourites·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about favourite

What does favourite mean?

favourite means "a competitor thought likely to win". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in favourite?

favourite has 3 syllables: fa-vou-rite. The stress falls on "fa". In IPA it is /ˈfeɪvɚɪt/.

What is another word for favourite?

Close synonyms include front-runner, favorite, darling, favorite, pet. 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 favourite a common word?

favourite is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with favourite?

1 word rhymes with favourite. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.