Meaning | Presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success. |
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Examples | - "propitious omens"
- "propitious gales speeded us along"
- "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"
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Attribute of | auspiciousness, propitiousness | The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result |
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Narrower | golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous | Presaging or likely to bring good luck |
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gracious | disposed to bestow favors |
See also | auspicious | Auguring favorable circumstances and good luck |
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favorable, favourable | (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate |
Opposite | unpropitious | not propitious |
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Spanish | propicio |
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Catalan | propici |
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Nouns | propitiousness | the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result |
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Adverbs | propitiously | in an auspicious manner |
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