favorable
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Adjective [edit]
favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)
- pleasing, encouraging or approving
- The candidate wearing the business suite made a favorable impression.
- useful or helpful
- We made quick progress, due to favorable winds.
- convenient or at a suitable time; opportune
- The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.
- auspicious or lucky
- She says that she was born under a favorable star.
Synonyms [edit]
- (pleasing): approving, encouraging, good, pleasing
- (useful): advantageous, helpful, useful
- (opportune): convenient, good, handy, opportune, suitable
- (auspicious): auspicious, fortunate, lucky
Antonyms [edit]
- (pleasing): bad, discouraging, displeasing, unfavorable
- (useful): unhelpful
- (opportune): bad, inconvenient, inopportune, unsuitable
- (auspicious): inauspicious, unfavourable, unlucky
Translations [edit]
pleasing
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useful
opportune
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French [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
favorable (masculine and feminine, plural favorables)
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Galician [edit]
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Adjective [edit]
favorable m and f (plural favorables)
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Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
favorable m and f (plural favorables)
