adjective
1.
expressing approval
a favorable recommendation
Synonyms: approbative, approbatory, approving
Related Word: benignant, kind, kindly; recommendatory, well-disposed; commendatory, complimentary, laudatory, praiseful
Idioms: in one's favor
Contrasted words: depreciative, disapprobatory, disapproving, disparaging, uncomplimentary; censorious, condemnatory, critical, faultfinding
Antonyms: unfavorable
2.
Synonyms: pleasant 1, agreeable, good, grateful, gratifying, nice, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, welcome
3.
Synonyms: good 1, advantageous, benefic, beneficial, brave, favoring, helpful, propitious, toward, useful
Related Word: healthful, salutary, wholesome
Contrasted words: disadvantageous, unpropitious; damaging, hampering
Antonyms: unfavorable
4.
Synonyms: timely 1, auspicious, opportune, propitious, prosperous, seasonable, timeous, well-timed
5.
indicative of a successful outcome
favorable conditions for opening a new business
Synonyms: auspicious, benign, bright, dexter, fortunate, propitious, white
Related Word: advantageous, beneficial, profitable; happy, lucky, promising, providential; cheering, encouraging, reassuring
Idioms: full of promise
Contrasted words: calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, disastrous, fatal, fateful, ruinous; baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign, sinister; ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky; inauspicious, unpromising, unpropitious
Antonyms: unfavorable