favors
Party guest gifts
Favors are acts of kindness or assistance done for someone: Can you do me a favor?
The word also covers small gifts given at parties: wedding favors, party favors.
To favor something is to prefer it or give it advantage: The rules favor incumbents.
A favorable outcome works in your benefit.
To favor a body part is to protect it: She's favoring her left knee.
Someone's favor is their approval or goodwill: to curry favor, in favor with the boss.
Unfair favor toward some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- preferential treatmentAdvantages given selectively
- unfairnessUnjust or biased treatment
discrimination · inequity · prejudice · partisanship · special treatment · insider advantage · undue influence · double standard
Advocating to decision-makers
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- influence peddlingSelling political access
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
backroom deals · palm greasing · vote trading · logrolling · pork barrel · earmarks · campaign contributions · special interests
Assistance given
- aidSupport given freely
- good turnsHelpful acts for others
- kindnessesBenevolent acts toward others
- courtesiesPolite social behaviors
good deeds · services · accommodations · gestures · benevolence · generosity · consideration · indulgences
Likes one more
- choosesSelects from alternatives
- likesFeels favorably toward
- supportsSustains or reinforces
- backsRear surfaces or supports
endorses · champions · advocates · roots for · sides with · selects · picks · fancies
Guest gift parcels
- tokensCurrency substitutes
- keepsakesItems preserved for sentiment
- souvenirsObjects preserving travel memories
- mementosObjects kept for remembrance
trinkets · giveaways · goodie bags · treat bags · bonbonniere · dragées · swag bags · door prizes
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
- preferential treatmentAdvantages given selectively
unfairness · discrimination · inequity · prejudice · partisanship · special treatment · insider advantage · undue influence · double standard · patronage
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- influence peddlingSelling political access
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
kickbacks · backroom deals · palm greasing · vote trading · logrolling · pork barrel · earmarks · campaign contributions · special interests · access
help
Assistance given
- aidSupport given freely
- good turnsHelpful acts for others
- kindnessesBenevolent acts toward others
courtesies · good deeds · services · accommodations · gestures · benevolence · generosity · consideration · indulgences · mitzvah
prefers
Likes one more
backs · endorses · champions · advocates · roots for · sides with · selects · picks · fancies
goody bags
Guest gift parcels
- tokensCurrency substitutes
- keepsakesItems preserved for sentiment
- souvenirsObjects preserving travel memories
mementos · trinkets · giveaways · goodie bags · treat bags · bonbonniere · dragées · swag bags · door prizes · takeaways
takes after
Resembles a relative
- looks likeAppears to be
- resemblesAppears similar to
- featuresDistinctive qualities or aspects
mirrors · echoes · reflects · recalls · evokes · channels · suggests
- social behaviorcourtesy, etiquette, friendship, greeting, cooperation
- kindnesseskindness, kindnesses, good deeds, generosity, helpfulness
- neighborlinessfriendly, helpful, considerate, kind, welcoming
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, wedding ceremony, bride
- party suppliesballoon, balloons, confetti, streamers, banners
favorsopposes
Acts in resistance
disfavors · disapproves · rejects · blocks · condemns
- return the favorRepay a kindness received
- in favor ofSupporting or approving
- curry favourSeek approval through flattery
- party favorsSmall gifts for guests
- play favoritesPrefer some over others
- played favoritesTreated unequally by preference
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