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Adjective favourable has 4 senses
- favorable, favourable - encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"
- favorable, favourable - (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"
- favorable, favourable, opportune - at a convenient or suitable time; "an opportune time to receive guests"
Antonym: inconvenient (indirect, via convenient)
- auspicious, encouraging, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous - 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"
Antonym: unpropitious (indirect, via propitious)
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