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say it: FAY-vur-uh-buhl
favorable is an adjective meaning "encouraging or approving or pleasing". It carries 4 recorded senses.
encouraging or approving or pleasing
“a favorable reply”
“he received a favorable rating”
“listened with a favorable ear”
“made a favorable impression”
(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate
“the days were fair and the winds were favorable”
presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
“a favorable time to ask for a raise”
“lucky stars”
“a prosperous moment to make a decision”
giving an advantage
“a contract advantageous to our country”
“socially advantageous to entertain often”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for favorable come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.