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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1. Atif Abdulmalik:

   This transaction represents Arcapita's fifth successful exit in the senior living sector, which continues to benefit from favourable long-term fundamentals, we are pleased with the profitable outcome of this investment.

2. Jens Weidmann on Thursday:

   The main drivers are the favourable labour market situation and substantial increases in households' real disposable income, though foreign trade is currently being hampered by frail demand from the emerging market economies, but with export markets outside the euro area expected to rebound and economic growth within the euro area gaining a little more traction, the healthy underlying state of the German economy should stand out even more clearly over the next two years.

3. Takuya Takahashi:

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

4. Madhavi Arora:

   The broader theme really has been a considerable pick-up in food inflation and unwinding of the favourable base of last year, as well as stickiness in services inflation.

5. Sean Callow:

   It's very interesting, and eye-catching, that the MAS has gone back to post-global financial crisis settings, and sends a strong message about the weak external environment, as one of the world's most trade-sensitive economies, Singapore's concern over a 'less favourable external environment' should be noted by the likes.