favorable

Adjective
Synonyms: favourablegoldenluckyprosperousfriendlywell-disposed

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (5)

  1. encouraging or approving or pleasing“a favorable reply”“he received a favorable rating”“listened with a favorable ear”“made a favorable impression”Synonyms: favourable
  2. (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate“the days were fair and the winds were favorable”Synonyms: favourable
  3. presaging or likely to bring good luck“a favorable time to ask for a raise”“lucky stars”“a prosperous moment to make a decision”Synonyms: goldenfavourableluckyprosperous
  4. inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile“a government friendly to our interests”“an amicable agreement”Synonyms: friendlywell-disposed
  5. occurring at a convenient or suitable time“an opportune time to receive guests”Synonyms: favourable
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Favorable \Fa"vor*a*ble\ (f[=a]"v[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [Written also favourable.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]

1.Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. [1913 Webster]

Lend favorable ears to our request.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land.— Ps. lxxxv. 1.[1913 Webster]

2.Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. [1913 Webster]

A place very favorable for the making levies of men.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life.— Sir W. Temple.[1913 Webster]

3.Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
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