Synonyms of the word

favourite

• adj. Preferred or liked above all others (unless qualified).
• adj. Belonging to a category whose members are all preferred or liked over nonmembers.
• n. A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
• n. A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
• n. A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
• n. (Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
• n. (in the plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
• v. Alternative form of favour.
• v. (Internet) To bookmark.
• v. (Internet) To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

challenger

• n. One who challenges.

choice

• n. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
• n. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
• n. Anything that can be chosen.
• n. (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
• n. (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
• n. (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
• adj. Especially good or preferred.
• adj. (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
• adj. (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

competition

• n. (uncountable) The action of competing.
• n. (countable) A contest for a prize or award.
• n. (uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.

competitor

• n. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
• n. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.

contender

• n. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
• n. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.

darling

• n. A person who is dear to one.
• n. (by extension) A person or thing very popular with a certain group.
• adj. Dear; cherished.
• adj. charming.

dearie

• n. (colloquial, chiefly as a term of address) A person who is dear; sweetie.

deary

• n. (informal) A dear; a darling.
• n. (informal) A term of address for a female.

ducky

• adj. (slang, archaic) Great; going well; proceeding in an eminently agreeable fashion.
• n. (childish) A duck (aquatic bird), especially a toy rubber duck.
• n. A pet name used affectionately.

favored

• adj. American standard spelling of favoured.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of favor.

favorite

• adj. Preferred; liked more than any other.
• n. Preferred one, one with special favor.
• n. Expected or most probable to win.
• n. (Internet) A bookmark in a web browser.
• v. Alternative form of favor.
• v. (Internet) To bookmark.
• v. (Internet) To add to one's list of favorites on a website that allows users to compile such lists.

front-runner

• n. Alternative form of front runner.

loved

• v. simple past tense and past participle of love.
• adj. Being the object of love.

lover

• n. One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend,…
• n. A sexual partner.
• n. A person who loves something.
• n. (West Country, with "my") An informal term of address for any friend.

pet

• n. An animal kept as a companion.
• n. (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.).
• n. One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
• n. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
• v. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
• v. (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
• v. (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
• v. (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
• adj. Favourite; cherished.
• adj. Kept or treated as a pet.
• n. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
• n. Abbreviation of petition.
• n. (Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

pick

• n. A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
• n. A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
• n. A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
• n. A choice; ability to choose.
• n. That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
• n. (basketball) A screen.
• n. (lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• n. (American football) An interception.
• n. (baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder.
• n. (baseball) A pickoff.
• n. (music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
• n. A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
• n. (obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
• n. (printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face,…
• n. (art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
• n. (weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute);…
• v. To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
• v. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached;…
• v. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
• v. To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
• v. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth.
• v. To decide upon, from a set of options; to select.
• v. (cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand…
• v. (music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument.
• v. To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc.
• v. To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
• v. To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
• v. To steal; to pilfer.
• v. (obsolete) To throw; to pitch.
• v. (dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points.

popular

• adj. Common among the general public; generally accepted.
• adj. (law) Concerning the people; public.
• adj. Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
• adj. (obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
• adj. Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
• adj. (obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people.
• adj. Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
• adj. Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.

preferred

• v. simple past tense and past participle of prefer.
• adj. favoured.
• n. (finance) Preferred stock.

rival

• n. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same…
• n. Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
• n. (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.
• adj. Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.
• v. (transitive) To oppose or compete with.
• v. To be equal to or to surpass another.
• v. To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

selection

• n. The process or act of selecting.
• n. Something selected.
• n. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
• n. A musical piece.
• n. (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.