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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | timely |
| Synonyms: | auspicious, favorable, opportune, seasonable |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious |
| Main Entry: | auspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | encouraging; favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed |
| Notes: | auspicious implies success in the future while propitious means favorable conditions are present; auspicious means promising or of good omen - not just special or memorable |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, inopportune, ominous, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | favorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, timely, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, benefic, beneficial, benign, bright, cheering, convenient, encouraging, fair, fit, fortunate, full of promise, gratifying, happy, healthful, helpful, hopeful, kindly, lucky, nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasureful, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, reassuring, seasonable, suitable, toward, useful, welcome, well-timed, wholesome, worthy |
| Antonyms: | bad, derogatory, detrimental, harmful, hindering, hurtful, hurting, injurious, unfavorable, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | felicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, suitable |
| Synonyms: | applicable, apposite, apropos, apt, convincing, fit, fitting, germane, happy, inspired, just, meet, neat, opportune, pat, pertinent, proper, propitious, relevant, seasonable, telling, timely, well-chosen, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, infelicitous, inopportune, unfitting, unsuitable, untimely |
| 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: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, auspicious |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, arousing, beneficial, bright, cheerful, cheering, conducive, convenient, elating, encouraging, enlivening, exciting, expeditious, fair, favorable, fine, fit, flattering, fortifying, fortunate, golden, good, gracious, halcyon, heartening, helpful, inspiring, inspiriting, likely, lucky, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, probable, promiseful, propitious, providential, reasonable, reassuring, roseate, rosy, rousing, stirring, suitable, sunny, timely, uplifting, well-timed |
| Notes: | hopeful means having or inspiring hope; optimistic means expecting the best |
| Antonyms: | desperate, hopeless, inauspicious, pointless, unpromising, wretched |
| Main Entry: | opportune |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous, lucky |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, apt, auspicious, convenient, favorable, felicitous, fit, fitting, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, helpful, pat, proper, propitious, seasonable, suitable, timely, timeous, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, inauspicious, inopportune, unlucky, unsuitable |
| Main Entry: | propitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of promise; good, favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benign, brave, bright, dexter, encouraging, favoring, fortunate, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, pat, promising, prosperous, rosy, seasonable, timely, toward, useful, well-timed |
| Notes: | auspicious implies success in the future while propitious means favorable conditions are present; auspicious means promising or of good omen - not just special or memorable |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | prosperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, bright, convenient, desirable, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, good, happy, lucky, opportune, profitable, propitious, seasonable, timely, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, hopeless, unpromising, unprosperous |
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