Synonyms for propitious
- adjective
Most common
promising auspicious opportune felicitous favorable US advantageous
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Auspicious — characteristic of a good omen
auspicious, lucky, opportune, promising, felicitous, prosperous, bright, fortunate, golden, happy, timely, ill-boding, seasonable
2. Favorable — favorable; advantageous
favorable US, favourable UK, good, advantageous, beneficial, kind, gracious, benevolent, benign, amicable, friendly, kindly, merciful, benignant dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Favorable; advantageous.
- adj. 2
Characteristic of a good omen.
Related words
- Word family
- propitiate propitiation propitiously propitiousness
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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.
- auspicious It's an auspicious time to launch a new organization.
- opportune Elias is just waiting for the opportune moment to strike.
- favorable Algeria has a favorable geography for agriculture.
- advantageous This marriage will be advantageous to his career.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| propitious | falling | |
| promising | steady | |
| auspicious | steady | |
| opportune | falling | |
| felicitous | steady | |
| favorable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- good1, kind1
- 5 letters
- happy2, lucky2
- 6 letters
- golden2, bright1, kindly2, timely2, benign2
- 8 letters
- friendly2, gracious2, merciful3, amicable4
- 9 letters
- promising3, fortunate3, favorable4, opportune3, benignant
- 10 letters
- beneficial4, prosperous3, favourable, benevolent4, auspicious3, felicitous4, seasonable4
- 12 letters
- advantageous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (happy2 = 2 syllables).