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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FA'VORABLE, a. [L. favorabilis.]
1. Kind; propitious; friendly; affectionate.
Lend favorable ear to our request.
Lord, thou hast been favorable to thy land. Psalms 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, favourable] [ant: unfavorable, unfavourable]
2: (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable" [syn: favorable, favourable] [ant: unfavorable, unfavourable]
3: presaging or likely to bring good luck; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" [syn: golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous]
4: inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile; "a government friendly to our interests"; "an amicable agreement" [syn: friendly, favorable, well-disposed]
5: occurring at a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests" [syn: favorable, favourable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. disposed to favor ; partial b. expressing approval ; commendatory c. giving a result that is in one's favor <a favorable comparison> d. affirmative <a favorable reply> 2. winning approval ; pleasing <a favorable impression> 3. a. tending to promote or facilitate ; advantageous <a favorable wind> b. marked by success • favorableness noun • favorably adverb Synonyms: favorable, auspicious, propitious mean pointing toward a happy outcome. favorable implies that the persons involved are approving or helpful or that the circumstances are advantageous <favorable weather conditions>. auspicious applies to something taken as a sign or omen promising success before or at the start of an event <an auspicious beginning>. propitious may also apply to beginnings but often implies a continuing favorable condition <a propitious time for starting a business>.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Favorable Fa"vor*a*ble, 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. Lend favorable ears to our request. --Shak. 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. 3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv. The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. --Burke.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Friendly, kind, willing, well disposed, propitions, auspicious. 2. Conducive, contributing, propitious. 3. Advantageous, beneficial, auspicious, convenient, suitable, adapted, fit.

Moby Thesaurus

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