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approving, friendly adj.
good, timely, advantageous adj.

ADJECTIVE

approving, friendly

Synonyms

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agreeable benign encouraging positive supportive sympathetic

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acclamatory affirmative amicable approbative approbatory assenting benevolent benignant commending complimentary enthusiastic in favor of inclined kind kindly laudatory okay praiseful predisposed reassuring recommendatory understanding welcoming well-disposed well-intentioned

Antonyms

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disadvantageous disagreeable hateful

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bad derogatory detrimental harmful hindering hurtful hurting injurious unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unpromising

ADJECTIVE

good, timely, advantageous

Synonyms

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appropriate beneficial benign convenient encouraging fair helpful pleasant pleasing suitable useful

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auspicious benefic bright cheering fit fortunate full of promise gratifying happy healthful hopeful kindly lucky nice opportune pleasurable pleasureful promising propitious prosperous providential reassuring seasonable toward welcome well-timed wholesome worthy

Antonyms

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disadvantageous harmful hateful hurtful improper inappropriate injurious unacceptable unfitting unhelpful unsuitable unsuited useless worthless

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bad derogatory detrimental disagreeable hindering hurting unfavorable unfriendly unpromising

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more favorable

A Pew Research Survey this year found that Canadians have a more favorable view of China than the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

As September draws to a close, though, Andrew Tyler’s team identifies a more favorable setup, and now is going tactically bullish as they anticipate more stable bond markets and the oil price trending lower.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

“The findings provide additional evidence supporting the role of a 6-8 hours’ sleep duration as a health safeguard for middle-aged and older adults, likely attributable to more favorable distributions of sleep stages,” the authors say.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Fisher and other speakers also said they felt betrayed by the terms of the settlement, which they viewed as more favorable to Paramount.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

It could not have been a more favorable time for the meeting.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler