more favorable

ADJECTIVE

approving, friendly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable benign encouraging positive supportive sympathetic

WEAK

acclamatory affirmative amicable approbative approbatory assenting benevolent benignant commending complimentary enthusiastic in favor of inclined kind kindly laudatory okay praiseful predisposed reassuring recommendatory understanding welcoming well-disposed well-intentioned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantageous disagreeable hateful

WEAK

bad derogatory detrimental harmful hindering hurtful hurting injurious unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unpromising

ADJECTIVE

good, timely, advantageous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate beneficial benign convenient encouraging fair helpful pleasant pleasing suitable useful

WEAK

auspicious benefic bright cheering fit fortunate full of promise gratifying happy healthful hopeful kindly lucky nice opportune pleasurable pleasureful promising propitious prosperous providential reassuring seasonable toward welcome well-timed wholesome worthy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantageous harmful hateful hurtful improper inappropriate injurious unacceptable unfitting unhelpful unsuitable unsuited useless worthless

WEAK

bad derogatory detrimental disagreeable hindering hurting unfavorable unfriendly unpromising

Example Sentences

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Loans are penalty-free and you pay yourself back at a rate that is more favorable than taking a cash advance on a credit card, for example, Hunter Peterson noted.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Warsh’s brand of new monetarism should serve him well in his new job, allowing him to bring down rising inflation and notch interest rates down to lower and more favorable levels.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

While the sector struggled earlier in the year due to high medical costs, stocks rallied once the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reached a more favorable Medicare Advantage rate decision than investors had anticipated.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

"Even today, despite the complexities of borders, population densities and social inequalities, humans continue to migrate for the same fundamental reasons: to find more favorable areas, reunite with loved ones and join mutual aid networks."

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

It could not have been a more favorable time for the meeting.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler