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. Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel:

   In view of the good general conditions such as the low oil price and favourable exchange rate, economic dynamism should really be above present economic growth of 1.7 percent.

2. Chief Executive Elena Mladova:

   Our success to date ... underscores that we have the right strategy that is effective even amid a less than favourable external environment.

3. Thomson Reuters I/B/E:

   The Greek resolution is now largely priced into European markets, so going forward we're more focused on the European fundamentals ... which we think are very favourable, so we continue to hold European equity overweight on the back of that view.

4. Christopher Delbrueck:

   There are options but they must be assured of favourable taxation models.

5. Tommy Xie:

   There is no urgency for China to maintain its favourable yield differential against the United States as capital outflow and currency stability is no longer the key concern for China at the moment, with U.S.-China trade war looming, a slightly weaker yuan may be in China's favour.