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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
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