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Favour

an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"

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Broader term 26

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Advantage 76% connected

Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantag…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Allow 76% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Approval 76% connected

Approbation; sanction.

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Benignity 76% connected

The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness.

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Countenance 76% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Elevate 76% connected

Elevated; raised aloft.

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Keepsake 76% connected

Anything kept, or given to be kept, for the sake of the giver; a token of friendship.

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Kindness 76% connected

The state or quality of being kind, in any of its various senses; manifestation of kind feeling or disposition beneficence.

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Let 76% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

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Permit 76% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

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Promote 76% connected

To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Relic 76% connected

That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

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Save 76% connected

The herb sage, or salvia.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Souvenir 76% connected

That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

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Spare 76% connected

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save.

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Tendency 76% connected

Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

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Token 76% connected

Something intended or supposed to represent or indicate another thing or an event; a sign; a symbol; as, the rainbow is a token of God's covenant est…

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Vantage 76% connected

superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Manner of action 1

Advantage 76% connected

Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantag…

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Narrower term 3

Cracker 76% connected

One who, or that which, cracks.

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Snapper 76% connected

One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Derivationally related 6

Favor 74% connected

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Favor 74% connected

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preferment 74% connected

The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Preferment 74% connected

The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Privilege 74% connected

A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Privilege 74% connected

A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Favor 92% connected

Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prefer 92% connected

To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Privilege 92% connected

A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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