favorable

pronunciation

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Adjective:

very favorable or advantageous
encouraging or approving or pleasing
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
favorably disposed; not antagonistic
tending to favor or bring good luck
at a convenient or suitable time
granting what has been desired or requested

Word Origin

favorable (adj.): late 14c., "kind, friendly," from Old French favorable "well-disposed, favorable, partial," from Latin favorabilis "favored, in favor," from favor "good will, partiality" (see favor (n.)). Meaning "advantageous" is from mid-15c. In Middle English it also meant "attractive, pleasing, agreeable." Related: Favorably.

Synonym

adj.

salutary serviceable suitable profitable gainful valuable auspicious propitious rewarding conducive fortunate timely fit effectual helpful advantageous convenient beneficial handy useful

adj.

opportune lucky benign pleasing auspicious fortunate propitious promising

adj.

commendatory praising good commending friendly affirmative well-disposed agreeable complimentary sympathetic kind approving

Antonym

adj.

adverse unfavorable

Example

1. Call your media contacts to get them favorable stories .

2. Compared to most developed economies and china , the u.s. demographic composition is relatively favorable .

3. She needed to rent space-i just gave her favorable terms .

4. But the global balance is favorable , for now at least .

5. Favorable exchange rates boosted vw 's earnings .

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