Synonyms for auspicious
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Propitious — conducive to success
propitious, bright, promising, prosperous, favorable US, favourable UK, felicitous, good, opportune, hopeful, happy, right, golden, seasonable, encouraging, ill-boding, advantageous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Conducive to success.
This is an auspicious day.
- adj. 2
Marked by success; prosperous.
Related words
- Word family
- auspiciously auspiciousness
- Is a kind of
- augural fated fateful prophetic
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That which is auspicious is of favorable omen; that which is propitious is of favoring influence or tendency; as, an auspicious morning; a propitious breeze.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- promising Tom says he doesn't remember promising to do that.
- favorable Algeria has a favorable geography for agriculture.
- prosperous Algeria is a prosperous country full of potential.
- propitious We await a propitious time to act.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| auspicious | steady | |
| promising | steady | |
| favorable | falling | |
| prosperous | steady | |
| propitious | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1, rosy2
- 5 letters
- right1, happy2, lucky2
- 6 letters
- golden2, bright1
- 7 letters
- hopeful2
- 9 letters
- promising3, fortunate3, favorable4, opportune3, auspicial
- 10 letters
- prosperous3, favourable, propitious3, felicitous4, seasonable4
- 11 letters
- encouraging4
- 12 letters
- advantageous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rosy2 = 2 syllables).