Meaning & use
favoring
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Showing preference or support for one person, option, or outcome over others.
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Critics accused the judge of favoring the wealthier defendant.
Recent polls show voters favoring the incumbent candidate.
A note on using this word
In informal American English, "favoring" someone can also mean physically resembling them, as in "the baby is favoring her father."
Words with a similar meaning
preferringsupporting
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Words with an opposite meaning
opposing
Another way to use it
2. verb
Resembling someone in appearance (informal, chiefly American English).
Everyone says the baby is favoring his grandfather.
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