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Dictionary: fa·vor·a·ble   ('vər-ə-bəl, fāv'rə-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Advantageous; helpful: favorable winds.
  2. Encouraging; propitious: a favorable diagnosis.
  3. Manifesting approval; commendatory: a favorable report.
  4. Winning approval; pleasing: a favorable impression.
  5. Granting what has been desired or requested: a favorable reply.
  6. Indulgent or partial: listened with a favorable ear.
favorableness fa'vor·a·ble·ness n.
favorably fa'vor·a·bly adv.

SYNONYMS   favorable, propitious, auspicious, benign, conducive. These adjectives describe what is indicative of a successful outcome. Favorable can refer to what contributes in a positive way to the attainment of a goal: a favorable review. Propitious implies a favorable tendency or inclination: "Miracles are propitious accidents" (George Santayana). Auspicious refers to what presages good fortune: an auspicious beginning. Benign applies to people or things that exert a beneficial influence: "I lingered round them, under that benign sky . . . and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth" (Emily Brontë). Something conducive leads or contributes to a result, often a desirable one: a quiet place conducive to reading.


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Definition: approving, friendly
Antonyms: bad, disagreeable, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpromising

adj

Definition: good, timely, advantageous
Antonyms: bad, derogatory, detrimental, harmful, hindering, hurtful, hurting, injurious, unfavorable, unhelpful


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IN BRIEF: Promising or to one's advantage.

pronunciation To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind. — Seneca (4 BC-65 AD).

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The adjective has 7 meanings:

Meaning #1: very favorable or advantageous
  Synonyms: advantageous, golden

Meaning #2: encouraging or approving or pleasing
  Synonym: favourable
  Antonym: unfavorable (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
  Synonym: favourable
  Antonym: unfavorable (meaning #2)

Meaning #4: favorably disposed; not antagonistic
  Synonym: well-disposed

Meaning #5: tending to favor or bring good luck
  Synonyms: auspicious, encouraging, favourable, lucky, prosperous

Meaning #6: at a convenient or suitable time
  Synonyms: favourable, opportune

Meaning #7: granting what has been desired or requested
  Synonym: positive


 
 
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