favorable

modif.

1. Winning favor

   pleasing, agreeable, desirable, welcome; see pleasant 2.

2. Displaying suitable or promising qualities

   advantageous, propitious, auspicious, convenient, beneficial, helpful, promising, boding well; see also helpful 1, hopeful 2.

3. Commendatory

   approving, commending, positive, approbative, approbatory, assenting, agreeing, recommendatory, complimentary, acclamatory, well-disposed, in favor of, agreeable, in one's favor, affirmative.

favorable applies to that which is distinctly helpful or advantageous in gaining an end a favorable climate for citrus fruits; auspicious refers to something regarded as a good omen of some undertaking he made an auspicious debut; propitious is now usually applied to a circumstance or a time that appears favorable for doing or beginning something a propitious moment