Favorable Definition
favorable
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Adjective
favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)
- pleasing, encouraging or approving
- The candidate wearing the business suite made a favorable impression.
- useful or helpful
- We made quick progress, due to favorable winds.
- convenient or at a suitable time; opportune
- The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match.
- auspicious or lucky
- She says that she was born under a favorable star.
Synonyms
- (pleasing): approving, encouraging, good, pleasing
- (useful): advantageous, helpful, useful
- (opportune): convenient, good, handy, opportune, suitable
- (auspicious): auspicious, fortunate, lucky
Antonyms
- (pleasing): bad, discouraging, displeasing, unfavorable
- (useful): unhelpful
- (opportune): bad, inconvenient, inopportune, unsuitable
- (auspicious): inauspicious, unfavourable, unlucky
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
favorable (epicene, plural favorables)
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Galician
Adjective
favorable m. and f. (plural favorables)
Spanish
Adjective
favorable m. and f. (plural favorables)
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Look up favour or favours in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Favor, Favour, or Favors, may refer to:
- Favor (activity), a deed in which help is voluntarily provided.
- Party favor, a small gift given to the guests at a party
- Wedding favors, small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation to guests from the bride and groom during a wedding
- Edward M. Favor (1856-1936), American singer and vaudeville comedian
- Greg Favors (born 1974), former American football linebacker
- Joanne Favors, American politician
- Malachi Favors (1927-2004), American jazz bassist
See also
- Grace and Favour
- Suzy Favor-Hamilton, American professional middle distance runner
- The Favor, 1994 film
- The Favor (2006 film)
- The Favours, four-piece Indie rock band from Kingston upon Hull, England
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