Synonyms for felicitous
- adjective
Most common
appropriate opportune propitious apposite pleasant ingenious blissful
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Opportune — characterized by felicity. Appropriate, apt, fitting
opportune, propitious, apposite, appropriate, apt, fortunate, decorous, suitable, auspicious, well-timed, pertinent, comely formal, proper, fitting, prosperous, seasonable, lucky, timely, germane, fit, apropos, seemly
Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by felicity. Appropriate, apt, fitting.
Related words
- Word family
- felicitousness felicity
Example sentences
- appropriate It's not appropriate for puritanical misanthropic.
- opportune Elias is just waiting for the opportune moment to strike.
- propitious We await a propitious time to act.
- apposite In their minds, a joke is always apposite.
- pleasant Tell me something pleasant to make me feel better.
- ingenious The ingenious boy won a prize for his invention.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| felicitous | steady | |
| appropriate | steady | |
| opportune | falling | |
| propitious | falling | |
| apposite | steady | |
| pleasant | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fit1, apt1
- 5 letters
- happy2, lucky2
- 6 letters
- proper2, timely2, comely2, seemly
- 7 letters
- fitting2, apropos3, germane2
- 8 letters
- suitable3, pleasant2, blissful2, apposite, decorous3
- 9 letters
- fortunate3, pertinent3, ingenious3, opportune3
- 10 letters
- prosperous3, auspicious3, propitious3, seasonable4
- 11 letters
- appropriate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).