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Synonyms for propitious
prəˈpɪʃ əs
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Princeton's WordNet
propitious(adj)
presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
"propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"
Antonyms:
ominous, unpropitious, ill, inauspicious, thunderous
Wiktionary
propitious(adjective)
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
propitious
That which is auspicious is of favorable omen; that which is propitious is of favoring influence or tendency; as, an auspicious morning; a propitious breeze. Propitious applies to persons, implying kind disposition and favorable inclinations, especially toward the suppliant; auspicious is not used of persons.
Synonyms:
auspicious, benign, benignant, clement, favorable, friendly, gracious, kind, kindly, mercifulAntonyms:
adverse, antagonistic, forbidding, hostile, ill-disposed, inauspicious, repellent, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitiousPreposition:
May heaven be propitious to the enterprise.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
propitious
Synonyms:
timely, favorable, auspicious, beneficial, friendly, welldisposed, gracious, benign, fortunateAntonyms:
untimely, untoward, unseasonable, unfavorable, inauspicious, unfriendly, hostile, antagonistic, adverse, ill-disposed, unpropitious
Dictionary of English Synonymes
propitious(a.)
Synonyms:
gracious, benevolent, benign, kindpropitious(a.)
Synonyms:
auspicious, lucky, happy, fortunate, favorable, opportune, prosperous, promising, in a fair way
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "propitious":
conducive, favourable, enabling, auspicious, favorable, supportive
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1139 | kind | |
#1254 | friendly | |
#6362 | timely | |
#6638 | enabling | |
#7883 | beneficial | |
#10155 | supportive | |
#11528 | favorable | |
#13039 | kindly | |
#13484 | fortunate | |
#17957 | clement | |
#17979 | benign | |
#19183 | favourable | |
#20167 | gracious | |
#24389 | conducive | |
#31594 | merciful | |
#47443 | auspicious | |
#105236 | propitious | |
#297352 | benignant |
How to use propitious in a sentence?
The atmosphere in Washington is not propitious for that at all, you know, in this country we can't come to an agreement about whether to wear masks or not. Imagine inviting a new state that is going to push the balance of power further into the Democratic side. There's no chance that the Republicans will stand for that.
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