Favourable

//ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl//

Synonyms for "favourable" (29 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Adjective(3 words)
goodadvantageousapproving
Adjective(1 words)
advantageous

Strong matches (9)

Adjective(1 words)
favorable

Related words (14)

Adjective(3 words)
goldenluckyprosperous

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Translations

113 translations across 34 languages.

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Armenian

2 entries
  • նպաստավոր adj (useful)
  • նպաստավոր adj (opportune)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • əlverişli adj (useful)
  • əlverişli adj (opportune)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • благоприя́тен adj (opportune)
  • изгоден adj (useful)
  • прия́тен adj (pleasing)

Catalan

3 entries
  • favorable adj (pleasing)
  • favorable adj (useful)
  • favorable adj (auspicious)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 好意 adj (opportune)
  • 有利 adj (opportune)
  • 順利 /顺利 adj (opportune)

Czech

2 entries
  • příznivý adj (pleasing)
  • příznivý adj (useful)

Danish

4 entries
  • fordelagtig adj (pleasing)
  • gunstig adj (useful)
  • gunstig adj (opportune)
  • lykke adj (auspicious)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • favora adj (opportune)

Etruscan

1 entries
  • 𐌚𐌀𐌂𐌀 adj (pleasing)

Finnish

4 entries
  • myönteinen adj (pleasing)
  • sopiva adj (opportune)
  • suotuisa adj (useful)
  • suotuisa adj (auspicious)

French

4 entries
  • favorable adj (pleasing)
  • favorable adj (useful)
  • favorable adj (opportune)
  • favorable adj (auspicious)

Galician

4 entries
  • favorábel adj (pleasing)
  • favorábel adj (useful)
  • favorábel adj (opportune)
  • favorábel adj (auspicious)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გამოსადეგი adj (useful)
  • დროული adj (opportune)
  • ვარგისი adj (useful)
  • კეთილგანწყობილი adj (pleasing)

German

4 entries
  • beipflichtend adj (expressing or indicating favour or goodwill)
  • ermutigend adj (expressing or indicating favour or goodwill)
  • gefällig adj (pleasing)
  • gut adj (pleasing)

Greek

2 entries
  • ευνοϊκός adj (expressing or indicating favour or goodwill)
  • ευνοϊκός adj (useful)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אָהוּד adj (pleasing)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अनुकूल adj (pleasing)
  • उपयोगी adj (useful)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kedvező adj (useful)

Italian

4 entries
  • favorevole adj (pleasing)
  • favorevole adj (useful)
  • favorevole adj (opportune)
  • favorevole adj (auspicious)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 好調な adj (opportune)
  • 順調な adj (opportune)

Latin

4 entries
  • commŏdus adj (pleasing)
  • faustus adj (auspicious)
  • propitius adj (auspicious)
  • prosper adj (pleasing)

Middle English

2 entries
  • favourable adj (pleasing)
  • favourable adj (useful)

Māori

3 entries
  • rorotu adj (pleasing)
  • rorotu adj (useful)
  • rorotu adj (opportune)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gunstig adj (opportune)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • gunstig adj (opportune)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • اوغورلو adj (auspicious)
  • میمون adj (auspicious)

Polish

4 entries
  • dogodny adj (opportune)
  • korzystny adj (pleasing)
  • korzystny adj (useful)
  • przychylny adj (pleasing)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • favorável adj (pleasing)
  • favorável adj (useful)
  • favorável adj (opportune)
  • favorável adj (auspicious)

Romanian

3 entries
  • favorabil adj (pleasing)
  • favorabil adj (useful)
  • favorabil adj (auspicious)

Russian

4 entries
  • благоприя́тный adj (pleasing)
  • благоприя́тный adj (useful)
  • благоприя́тный adj (opportune)
  • благоприя́тный adj (auspicious)

Spanish

1 entries
  • favorable adj (opportune)

Telugu

2 entries
  • అనుకూలమైన adj (opportune)
  • సానుకూలము adj (opportune)

Turkish

1 entries
  • uğurlu adj (auspicious)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • сприя́тливий adj (useful)
  • сприя́тливий adj (opportune)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The boy more than justified the favourable opinion they had formed of him.

Source: tatoeba (46408)

The film received favourable criticism.

Source: tatoeba (49551)

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

Source: tatoeba (554859)

Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

Source: tatoeba (554865)

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