favor, n. [countenance], [regard], good-will, [kindness]; [support], [promotion], befriending, championship, espousal, countenancing. Antonyms: [disfavor], [opposition].
favor, v. [support], [countenance], [encourage]; resemble.
favorable, a. propitious, [auspicious], conducive, [beneficial], [partial], [helpful]. Antonyms: [unfavorable], unpropitious, inauspicious.
favoring, a. [partial], approving, [helpful].
favoritism, n. [partiality]; nepotism. Antonym: impartiality
fawn, v. [truckle], curry [favor], [court].
fawner, n. [sycophant], bootlicker, [footlicker].
fawning, a. [sycophantic], [obsequious], [servile], truckling.
fear, n. [apprehension], [anxiety], solicitude, [alarm], [dread], trepidation, [consternation], [panic], [dismay], [terror], [fright], cowardliness, [timidity], pusillanimity; [reverence], [awe], [veneration].
fear, v. [apprehend], [dread], be afraid of; [reverence], [venerate], stand in awe of.