Found 2 items, similar to favourable.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: favourable favourable adj 1: encouraging or approving or pleasing; “a favorable reply”; “he received a favorable rating”; “listened with a favorable ear”; “made a favorable impression” [syn: favorable] [ant: unfavorable] 2: (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; “the days were fair and the winds were favorable” [syn: favorable] [ant: unfavorable] 3: at a convenient or suitable time; “an opportune time to receive guests” [syn: favorable, opportune] 4: tending to favor or bring good luck; “miracles are auspicious accidents”; “encouraging omens”; “a favorable time to ask for a raise”; “lucky stars”; “a prosperous moment to make a decision” [syn: auspicious, encouraging, favorable, lucky, prosperous]
English → English (gcide) Definition: favourable 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 Webster] Lend favorable ears to our request. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. --Ps. lxxxv. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. [1913 Webster] A place very favorable for the making levies of men. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] The favorableness of the present times to all exertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke. [1913 Webster]