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adjective favourable, timely, happy, [[promising]], [[encouraging]], bright, [[lucky]], [[hopeful]], [[fortunate]], [[prosperous]], rosy, [[opportune]], propitious, felicitous His career had an [[auspicious]] start.
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adjective favourable, timely, happy, [[promising]], encouraging, bright, [[lucky]], [[hopeful]], [[fortunate]], [[prosperous]], rosy, [[opportune]], propitious, felicitous His career had an [[auspicious]] start.
 
bad, black, unfortunate, discouraging, unlucky, ominous, unfavourable, unpromising, inauspicious, ill-omened, unpropitious, infelicitous.
 
bad, black, unfortunate, discouraging, unlucky, ominous, unfavourable, unpromising, inauspicious, ill-omened, unpropitious, infelicitous.
 
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 1. favourable or propitious
   2. Archaic prosperous or fortunate

   1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
   2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.

auspicious, propitious - Auspicious implies success in the future, while propitious means favorable conditions are present; auspicious means promising or of good omen—not just special or memorable.

auspicious
adjective favourable, timely, happy, promising, encouraging, bright, lucky, hopeful, fortunate, prosperous, rosy, opportune, propitious, felicitous His career had an auspicious start.
bad, black, unfortunate, discouraging, unlucky, ominous, unfavourable, unpromising, inauspicious, ill-omened, unpropitious, infelicitous.

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