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favorable

adjective
  1. Pleasing, encouraging or approving.

    "The candidate wearing the business suite made a favourable impression."

    Similar: approving, encouraging, good, pleasing

  2. Useful or helpful.

    "We made quick progress, due to favourable winds."

    Similar: advantageous, helpful, useful

  3. Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune.

    "The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match."

    Similar: convenient, good, handy, opportune, suitable

Synonymsadvantageous, helpful, useful, approving, encouraging, good
Antonymsbad, discouraging, displeasing, unfavorable, bad, inconvenient

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