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favourites

favourites is the plural of favourite.

Meaning of favourite

Noun

favourite (plural favourites)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
    • The teacher's favourite always went first.
    Synonyms:
    first love
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
    Synonyms:
    top dog, darling
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
    • You were my favourite to win the spelling competition.
  4. (Commonwealth, Internet, Ireland, UK) A bookmark on a web browser or website.
  5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, in plural) A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
    • the Favourites hang loose upon the Temples with a languishing Lock in the middle1701, George Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair

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Phrases with favourites

Questions about favourites

What is favourites the plural of?
Favourites is the plural of favourite.

Words near favourites in the dictionary

  1. favourise
  2. favouristic
  3. favourite
  4. favourited
  5. favouritemost
  6. favourites
  7. favouritest
  8. favouriting
  9. favouritise
  10. favouritised
  11. favouritises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: favourites (page history and authors); favourite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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