favouriteadjective [ before noun ]
UK US favorite uk/ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt/us/ˈfeɪ.vər.ət/A1 best liked or most enjoyed:
"What's your favourite colour?" "Green."
my favourite restaurant/book/song
least favourite
liked or enjoyed the least:
Cleaning the toilets is my least favourite job.
More examples
- Swimming is my favourite form of exercise.
- She imagined herself sitting in her favourite armchair back home.
- 'Carmen' is my favourite opera.
- She'd booked a table for four at their favourite restaurant.
- My favourite subjects at school were history and geography.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking more
- bias
- each
- fave
- favour
- favourite son
- give
- give me ... any day/every time! idiom
- lief
- prefer
- preferable
- preferably
- preference
- preferred
- rather
- soon
- top ten
- would
- would (just) as soon idiom
favouritenoun [ C ]
UK US favorite uk/ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt/us/ˈfeɪ.vər.ət/B1 a thing that someone likes best or enjoys most:
How clever of you to buy chocolate chip cookies - they're my favourites.
a person who is treated with special kindness by someone in authority:
the teacher's favourite
C2 the person or animal most people expect to win a race or competition:
Great Gold is the favourite in the 2.00 race at Epsom.
[ + to infinitive ] Brazil are favourites to win this year's World Cup.
More examples
- It would be quite an upset if the favourite didn't win.
- The film 'White Christmas' is a perennial favourite.
- The odds-on favourite to win in the 3.30 race is Killjoy.
- Manchester United and Arsenal were the pre-season favourites.
- The band was belting out all the old favourites.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking more
- bias
- each
- fave
- favour
- favourite son
- give
- give me ... any day/every time! idiom
- lief
- prefer
- preferable
- preferably
- preference
- preferred
- rather
- soon
- top ten
- would
- would (just) as soon idiom
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