adj. Function: adjective
1 expressing approval FF1C; a favorable recommendation FF1E;
Synonyms: approbative, approbatory, approving
Related Words: 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 Words: 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 FF1C; favorable conditions for opening a new business FF1E;
Synonyms: auspicious, benign, bright, dexter, fortunate, propitious, white
Related Words: 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