List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words -
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SYNONYMS:
favorable, propitious, auspicious, benign, conducive.
These adjectives describe what is indicative of a successful outcome.
Favorable
can refer to people, conditions, or circumstances that contribute in a positive
way to the attainment of a goal: I hope you will give favorable consideration
to my idea. The performance received a favorable review.
Propitious
implies a favorable tendency or inclination: Miracles are propitious accidents,
the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood.
Auspicious
refers to what by its favorable nature presages good fortune: The project had
an auspicious beginning.
Benign
applies to people or things that exert a beneficial influence: We lived under
the rule of a benign King.
Something
conducive
leads or contributes to a result, often a desirable one: Nothing is more
conducive to happiness than the free exercise of the mind in pursuits congenial
to it.
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