favorable

favorable
I (advantageous) adjective advisable, appropriate, auspicious, becoming, befitting, beneficial, commodus, conducive, convenient, desirable, encouraging, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, fortunate, full of promise, good, helpful, opportune, politic, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperus, providential, salutary, seasonable, suitable, timely, useful, wise associated concepts: favorable decision II (expressing approval) adjective acclamatory, acquiescent, admiring, agreeable, approbative, approving, assenting, benign, commending, compliant, cooperative, encomiastic, encouraging, eulogistic, eulogistical, favorably prejudiced, favoring, generous, gracious, helpful, kind, laudatory, obliging, panegyrical, praising, reassuring, recommendatory, responsive, uncritical, willing III index auspicious, beneficial, constructive (creative), fitting, inclined, profitable, prone, propitious, receptive, salutary, seasonable, suitable, valuable, viable, willing (not averse)

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  • favorable — [ favɔrabl ] adj. • v. 1150; lat. favorabilis « qui attire la faveur » 1 ♦ Vx Qui attire la faveur. ⇒ agréable. « De David à ses yeux le nom est favorable » (Racine). 2 ♦ Mod. Favorable à (qqn, qqch.). Qui est animé d une disposition… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • favorable — Favorable. adj. de t.g. Propice, Avantageux, Tel qu on desire pour la fin qu on se propose. Il se dit des personnes & des choses. Soyez moy favorable. se rendre quelqu un favorable. il a eu tout le monde favorable. avoir la fortune favorable.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • favorable — favorable, benign, auspicious, propitious mean being of good omen or presaging a happy or successful outcome. Favorable implies that the persons or circumstances involved tend to assist in attaining one s ends persons by being kindly disposed or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Favorable — Fa vor*a*ble (f[=a] v[ e]r*[.a]*b l), a. [Written also {favourable}.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See {Favor}, n.] 1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • favorable — adjetivo 1. (antepuesto / pospuesto) Que favorece o beneficia: Las críticas han sido favorables, estoy satisfecha. Los favorables designios de los dioses nos acompañan. Navegamos con viento favorable. El diagnóstico fue favorable. 2. Que apoya o… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • favorable — [fā′vər ə bəl] adj. [ME < OFr < L favorabilis] 1. approving or commending 2. advantageous 3. pleasing or desirable [a favorable impression] favorableness n. favorably adv. SYN. FAVORABLE applies to that which is distinctly helpful or… …   English World dictionary

  • favorable — 1. Cuando significa ‘que favorece’, la persona o cosa favorecida se expresa mediante un complemento con a o para: «Los proyectos están suspendidos en tanto no haya una solución favorable a la empresa» (Proceso [Méx.] 25.8.96); «El empate es [...] …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • favorable — mid 14c., from O.Fr. favorable well disposed, favorable, partial, from L. favorabilis favored, in favor, from favor (see FAVOR (Cf. favor)). Related: Favorably …   Etymology dictionary

  • favorable — [adj1] approving, friendly acclamatory, affirmative, agreeable, amicable, approbative, approbatory, assenting, benevolent, benign, benignant, commending, complimentary, encouraging, enthusiastic, inclined, in favor of, kind, kindly, laudatory,… …   New thesaurus

  • favorable — (Del lat. favorabĭlis). 1. adj. Que favorece. 2. Propicio, apacible, benévolo. ☛ V. privilegio favorable …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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