AUSPICIOUS

auspicious

(adjective) auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; “an auspicious beginning for the campaign”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

auspicious (comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)

Of good omen; indicating future success.

Conducive to success.

Synonyms: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky

Marked by success; prosperous.

Synonyms: lucky, fortunate

Antonyms

• disastrous

• ruinous

• inauspicious

• ominous

Source: Wiktionary

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Aus*pi"cious, a. Etym: [See Auspice.]

1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay.

2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief." Dryden.

3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." Shak. "Auspicious gales." Pope.

Syn.

– See Propitious.

– Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv.

– Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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