Auspicious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Auspicious \Aus*pi"cious\, a. [See {Auspice}.]
     1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving
        promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting
        good; as, an auspicious beginning.
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              Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
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     2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious
        chief." --Dryden.
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     3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or
        things. "Thy auspicious mistress." --Shak. "Auspicious
        gales." --Pope.
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     Syn: See {Propitious}.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Aus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. --
          {Aus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  auspicious
       adj 1: attended by favorable circumstances; "an auspicious
              beginning for the campaign" [ant: {inauspicious}]
       2: 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" [syn: {encouraging}, {favorable},
           {favourable}, {lucky}, {prosperous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "auspicious":
     advantageous, appropriate, befitting, beneficial, benevolent,
     benign, benignant, blessed, blessed with luck, bon, bonny, braw,
     bright, bright with promise, bueno, capital, cheering, cogent,
     commendable, convenient, dexter, elegant, encouraging, estimable,
     excellent, expedient, fair, famous, favorable, favored, favoring,
     felicitous, fine, fit, fitting, fortunate, full of promise, golden,
     good, goodly, grand, halcyon, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful,
     in luck, inspiring, inspiriting, kind, laudable, looking up, lucky,
     meet, nice, noble, of good omen, of happy portent, of promise,
     opportune, pleasant, pregnant of good, profitable, promising,
     propitious, prosperous, providential, reassuring, regal, ripe,
     roseate, rosy, royal, seasonable, skillful, sortable, sound,
     splendid, suitable, supportive, timely, useful, valid, very good,
     virtuous, well-timed, white