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Webster 1913 Edition
Favorable
Fa′vor-a-ble
(fā′vẽr-ȧ-b’l)
, Adj.
[Written also
favourable
.] 1.
Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.
Lend
favorable
ears to our request. Shakespeare
Lord, thou hast been
favorable
unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.
2.
Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.
A place very
favorable
for the making levies of men. Clarendon.
The temper of the climate,
– favorable
to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.
Fa′vora-ble-ness
, Noun.
Fa′vor-a-bly
, adv.
The
favorableness
of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Favorable
FA'VORABLE
,Adj.
1.
Kind; propitious; friendly; affectionate.Lend favorable ear to our request.
Lord, thou hast been favorable to thy land. Ps. 85.
2.
Palliative; tender; averse to censure.None can have the favorable thought that to obey a tyrant's will they fought.
3.
Conducive to; contributing to; tending to promote. A salubrious climate and plenty of food are favorable to population.4.
Convenient; advantageous; affording means to facilitate, or affording facilities. The low price of labor and provisions is favorable to the success of manufactures. The army was drawn up on favorable ground. The ship took a station favorable for attack.The place was favorable for making levies of men.
5.
Beautiful; well favored. obs.Definition 2024
favorable
favorable
English
Alternative forms
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
Translations
pleasing — see favourable
useful — see favourable
opportune — see favourable
auspicious — see favourable
Derived terms
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.vɔ.ʁabl/
Adjective
favorable m, f (plural favorables)