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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | favorable, profitable |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, advantageous, ahead of the game, at the top, at top of ladder, auspicious, bestselling, blooming, blossoming, booming, champion, crowned, efficacious, extraordinary, flourishing, fortuitous, fortunate, fruitful, happy, lucky, lucrative, moneymaking, notable, noteworthy, on track, out in front, outstanding, paying, prosperous, rewarding, rolling, strong, thriving, top, triumphant, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, wealthy |
| Antonyms: | forfeiting, losing, unfavorable, unprofitable, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | effectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential; authoritative |
| Synonyms: | accomplishing, achieving, adequate, binding, capable, conclusive, decisive, determinative, effecting, effective, efficacious, efficient, forcible, fulfilling, in force, lawful, legal, licit, potent, powerful, practicable, productive, qualified, serviceable, sound, strong, successful, telling, useful, valid, virtuous, workable |
| Notes: | effective means 'having a (desired) result or effect,' effectual is 'succeeding in producing a desired result or effect,' and efficacious means the same as effectual as well as 'serving as an effective solution or remedy' |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, weak |
| Main Entry: | efficacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | efficient, productive |
| Synonyms: | active, adequate, capable, competent, effective, effectual, energetic, influential, operative, potent, powerful, puissant, serviceable, strong, successful, useful, virtuous |
| Notes: | effective means 'having a (desired) result or effect,' effectual is 'succeeding in producing a desired result or effect,' and efficacious means the same as effectual as well as 'serving as an effective solution or remedy' if something is efficacious, it is able to produce the desired result; efficacy means the power to produce effects |
| Antonyms: | incapable, inefficacious, inefficient, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless |
| Main Entry: | flourishing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | prospering, going well |
| Synonyms: | blooming, burgeoning, doing well, expanding, exuberant, going strong, growing, in full swing, in the pink, in top form, lush, luxuriant, mushrooming, profuse, prosperous, rampant, rank, rich, roaring, robust, successful, thriving, vigorous |
| Antonyms: | ceasing, decreasing, failing, languishing, stunted, undeveloping |
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, born with a silver spoon, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, gaining, get a break, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, in luck, in the gravy, lucky, on a roll, opportune, overcoming, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, sunny side, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do |
| Notes: | fortunate means having unexpected good fortune or luck; fortuitous means happening by chance or coming or occurring by accident or without any known cause |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
| Main Entry: | fruitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive |
| Synonyms: | abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse, proliferant, prolific, propagating, reproducing, rewarding, rich, spawning, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | barren, impotent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | golden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | auspicious, best, blissful, bright, brilliant, delightful, excellent, favorable, flourishing, glorious, happy, joyful, joyous, opportune, precious, promising, propitious, prosperous, resplendent, rich, rosy, shining, successful, valuable |
| Antonyms: | disadvantaged, ugly, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lucky |
| Synonyms: | accidental, advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, befitting, casual, convenient, correct, effective, efficacious, enviable, favorable, felicitous, fitting, fortunate, incidental, just, meet, nice, opportune, promising, proper, propitious, providential, right, satisfactory, seasonable, successful, suitable, timely, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | forsaken, hopeless, troubled, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | lucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fortunate, opportune |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, adventitious, all systems go, auspicious, beneficial, benign, blessed, charmed, coming up roses, everything going, favored, felicitous, fortuitous, getting a break, golden, happy, hit it big, holding aces, hopeful, hot*, in the groove, into something, on a roll, on a streak, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, serendipitous, striking it rich, successful, timely, well |
| Antonyms: | bad, inopportune, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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