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- pronunciation:
- pr
pI
shs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising.
This is not a propitious time to start a new venture.- synonyms:
- advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, favorable, felicitous, opportune, promising, well-timed
- antonyms:
- adverse, inauspicious, unfavorable, unlucky, unpropitious
- similar words:
- beneficent, best, conducive, encouraging, happy, lucky, profitable, providential, timely
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| definition 2: |
favorable or favorably inclined; beneficent.
- synonyms:
- beneficent, benevolent, favorable, well-disposed
- antonyms:
- unfriendly, unpropitious
- similar words:
- benign, friendly, kindly, prosperous
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| related words: |
advantageous, beneficial, bright, fortunate, golden, helpful, hopeful, opportune, optimistic, portentous, ripe |
adverb + (adj.)propitious
especially, hardly, more, most, particularly, quite
(adj.)propitious
+ noun
advantage,
circumstance,
climate,
condition,
creation,
date,
garden,
hour,
leadership,
learning,
meeting,
moment,
movement,
occasion,
opportunity,
plane,
proliferation,
relation,
sign,
start,
terrain,
time,
timing,
working
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| derivations: |
propitiously (adv.), propitiousness (n.) |
The word propitious
contains the following part:
-itious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means having the nature of, characterized by
  More about this word part:
The suffix -itious
attaches to Latin roots to form adjectives.
Example words:
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