auspicious

auspicious
    adj 1: auguring favorable circumstances and good luck; "an
           auspicious beginning for the campaign" [ant:
           {inauspicious}, {unfortunate}]
    

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}.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Aus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. --
        {Aus*pi"cious*ness}, n.
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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