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favorable
Overview of adj favorable
The adj favorable has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (4) favorable, favourable -- (encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression")
2. (1) favorable, favourable -- ((of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable")
3. (1) favorable, well-disposed -- (favorably disposed; not antagonistic; "a government favorable to our interests")
4. (1) golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous -- (favoring or bringing good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision")
5. favorable, favourable -- (occurring at a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests")
Grep of noun favorable
favorable position
favorable reception
favorableness
Antonyms of adj favorable
5 senses of favorable
Sense 1
favorable (vs. unfavorable), favourable
unfavorable (vs. favorable), unfavourable
=> admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving
=> adverse, harmful, inauspicious, untoward
=> hostile
=> disapproving
=> discriminatory, invidious
Sense 2
favorable (vs. unfavorable), favourable
unfavorable (vs. favorable), unfavourable
=> adverse, contrary
Sense 3
favorable, well-disposed
INDIRECT (VIA friendly) -> unfriendly
Sense 4
golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous
INDIRECT (VIA propitious) -> unpropitious
Sense 5
favorable, favourable
INDIRECT (VIA convenient) -> inconvenient
Similarity of adj favorable
5 senses of favorable
Sense 1
favorable (vs. unfavorable), favourable
=> approving, approbative, approbatory, plausive
=> indulgent
=> pleasing
Also See> affirmative#1, affirmatory#1; complimentary#1; good#1
Sense 2
favorable (vs. unfavorable), favourable
=> following(prenominal)
Also See> propitious#1
Sense 3
favorable, well-disposed
=> friendly (vs. unfriendly)
Sense 4
golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous
=> propitious (vs. unpropitious)
Sense 5
favorable, favourable
=> convenient (vs. inconvenient)
Pertainyms of adj favorable
Attributes of adj favorable
Domain of adj favorable
Domain Terms of adj favorable
Familiarity of adj favorable
favorable used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj favorable
favorable
unfavorable
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