favorite

Adjective

• preferred above all others and treated with partiality
  • the favored child
    

• appealing to the general public
  • a favorite tourist attraction
    

Noun

• a competitor thought likely to win

• a special loved one

• something regarded with special favor or liking
  • that book is one of my favorites
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  favored , favorite(a) , favourite(a) , best-loved , pet , preferred , preferent , favourite , front-runner , darling , dearie , deary , ducky