Synonyms for favourable
favourable

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1. favourableadjective

   Synonyms:
   lucky, encouraging, convenient, helpful, advantageous, pleasing, handy, opportune, fortunate, useful, auspicious, good, suitable, approving

   Antonyms:
   displeasing, unfavourable, inconvenient, inopportune, unlucky, discouraging, bad, unsuitable, unhelpful, inauspicious

2. favourableadjective

   pleasing, encouraging or approving

   The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression.

   Synonyms:
   useful, auspicious, convenient, good, opportune, helpful, encouraging, approving, suitable, fortunate, handy, advantageous, pleasing, lucky

   Antonyms:
   inauspicious, displeasing, unlucky, unhelpful, unsuitable, discouraging, inconvenient, inopportune, unfavourable, bad

3. favourableadjective

   useful or helpful

   We made quick progress, due to favourable winds.

   Synonyms:
   approving, useful, opportune, auspicious, convenient, lucky, helpful, pleasing, good, handy, fortunate, encouraging, advantageous, suitable

   Antonyms:
   displeasing, unsuitable, inauspicious, discouraging, inconvenient, unhelpful, unlucky, inopportune, bad, unfavourable

4. favourableadjective

   convenient or at a suitable time; opportune

   The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.

   Synonyms:
   approving, encouraging, convenient, auspicious, pleasing, suitable, handy, lucky, helpful, fortunate, useful, opportune, good, advantageous

   Antonyms:
   displeasing, inopportune, inauspicious, discouraging, unlucky, inconvenient, unfavourable, bad, unsuitable, unhelpful

5. favourableadjective

   auspicious or lucky

   She says that she was born under a favourable star.

   Synonyms:
   suitable, encouraging, handy, opportune, auspicious, fortunate, lucky, advantageous, helpful, convenient, useful, pleasing, good, approving

   Antonyms:
   discouraging, unfavourable, inauspicious, bad, displeasing, inopportune, unlucky, unsuitable, inconvenient, unhelpful

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. favorable, favourableadjective

   encouraging or approving or pleasing

   "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

   Synonyms:
   friendly, golden, favorable, well-disposed, lucky, prosperous

   Antonyms:
   inconvenient, unpropitious

2. favorable, favourableadjective

   (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate

   "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

   Synonyms:
   friendly, golden, favorable, well-disposed, lucky, prosperous

   Antonyms:
   inconvenient, unpropitious

3. favorable, favourableadjective

   occurring at a convenient or suitable time

   "an opportune time to receive guests"

   Synonyms:
   friendly, golden, favorable, well-disposed, lucky, prosperous

   Antonyms:
   inconvenient, unpropitious

4. golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperousadjective

   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:
   flourishing, thriving, well-heeled, well-disposed, gilded, easy, aureate, favorable, fortunate, friendly, well-situated, well-to-do, halcyon, palmy, booming, well-off, prosperous, gold, comfortable, roaring, lucky, gilt, prospering, well-fixed, golden

   Antonyms:
   unpropitious, inconvenient

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1. List of paraphrases for "favourable":

   conducive, favorable, positive, enabling, supportive, favour, beneficial, advantageous, propitious, favourably, good, satisfactory, favor, support, preferential, sympathetic, friendly, auspicious, concessionary, benign

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How to use favourable in a sentence?

1. Takuya Takahashi:

   Investors are careful about taking positions as they expect that discussions will not be favourable for a weaker yen.

2. Chanakya Dissanayake:

   Issuers are taking advantage at still-favourable financing conditions to refinance their debt and cover future financing needs.

3. Tom Albanese:

   Vedanta Limited in its own results presentation said back in May that it was intending to (refinance) its debt, in the current favourable markets, we do not need the merger to do that.

4. Masud Rahman:

   If government provides favourable support like credit from banks or issuing sovereign bonds then the private sector can come forward to invest, both government and private sectors are now quite capable of financing such investment.

5. Kan Zhidong:

   With the favourable policies from the government and outstanding executive team of LeTV Sports, it is natural for us to invest in companies like LeTV Sports.