List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 162

SYNONYMS: favorable, propitious, auspicious, benign, conducive.
These adjectives describe what is indicative of a successful outcome.

Favorable can refer to people, conditions, or circumstances that contribute in a positive way to the attainment of a goal: I hope you will give favorable consideration to my idea. The performance received a favorable review.
Propitious implies a favorable tendency or inclination: Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood.
Auspicious refers to what by its favorable nature presages good fortune: The project had an auspicious beginning.
Benign applies to people or things that exert a beneficial influence: We lived under the rule of a benign King.
Something conducive leads or contributes to a result, often a desirable one: Nothing is more conducive to happiness than the free exercise of the mind in pursuits congenial to it.

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