Webster's English Dictionary

favorable

fa.vor.able \'fa-v-(*-)r*-b*l, 'fa--v*r-b*l\ \-ble-\ aj 1a: disposed to 
   favor : PARTIAL  1b: expressing approval : COMMENDATORY  1c: giving a 
   result that is in one's favor {~ comparison}  1d: AFFIRMATIVE  2: winning 
   approval : PLEASING  3a: tending to promote or facilitate : ADVANTAGEOUS {~ 
   win d} 3b: marked by success ward a happy outcome. FAVORABLE implies 
   definitely that the persons involved are approving or helpful or that the 
   circumstances are advantageous; AUSPICIOUS applies rather to something 
   taken as a sign or omen promising success before or at the beginning of an 
   event; PROPITIOUS may also apply to beginnings but often implies a 
   continuing favorable condition - fa.vor.able.ness n SYN syn FAVORABLE, 
   AUSPICIOUS, PROPITIOUS mean pointing to