Meanings
comparative more propitious · superlative most propitious
- Favorable; advantageous.
propitious weather
Synonyms: favorable, advantageous · Antonyms: unpropitious
- Characteristic of a good omen.
But counterrevolutions are reversible. Klein devotes much of her book to propitious signs that this can happen — indeed is happening.
2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in New York TimesSynonyms: auspicious, fortunate, promising
- archaicFavorably disposed towards someone.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacteristic of a good omen.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivepresenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpropitius“favorable, well-disposed, kind”
- Old Frenchpropicius
- Englishpropitious
From Anglo-Norman and Old French propicius, from Latin propitius (“favorable, well-disposed, kind”). Compare French propice, Portuguese propício and Spanish propicio.
More words from Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian благоприятен
- благоприятен (blagoprijaten)favorable
Catalan favorable, propici
- favorablefavorable
- propicifavorable
- avantatjósadvantageous
- propicicharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
Dutch gunstig, voordelig
- gunstigfavorable
- voordeligadvantageous
- onder een goed gesterntecharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
Finnish suotuisa, edullinen
- suotuisafavorable
- edullinenadvantageous
- hyödyllinenadvantageous
- suotuisacharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
- lupaavacharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
French favorable, propice
- favorablefavorable
- propicefavorable
- avantageuxadvantageous
- de bonne augurecharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
German günstig, förderlich
- günstigfavorable
- förderlichfavorable
- gnädigfavorable
- vorteilhaftadvantageous
- verheißungsvollcharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
Greek ευνοϊκός
- ευνοϊκός (evnoïkós)favorable
Hungarian kedvező, előnyös
- kedvezőfavorable
- előnyösadvantageous
Italian propizio
- propiziofavorable
Latin propitius
- propitiuscharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
Māori momoho
- momohofavorable
Norwegian Bokmål gunstig, fordelaktig
- gunstigfavorable
- fordelaktigfavorable
- favorabelfavorable
Polish sprzyjający
- sprzyjającyfavorable
Portuguese propício
- propíciofavorable
Russian благоприя́тный
- благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj)favorable
Spanish propicio
- propiciofavorable
Swedish gynnsam, fördelaktig
- gynnsamfavorable
- fördelaktigadvantageous
- lyckosamcharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
Turkish uğurlu
- uğurlucharacteristic of a good omen: auspicious
Ukrainian сприятливий
- сприятливий (spryjatlyvyj)favorable
Cite this entry
propitious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propitious
“propitious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propitious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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