more favorable

ADJECTIVE

approving, friendly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable benign encouraging positive supportive sympathetic

WEAK

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

STRONGEST

disadvantageous disagreeable hateful

WEAK

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

ADJECTIVE

good, timely, advantageous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appropriate beneficial benign convenient encouraging fair helpful pleasant pleasing suitable useful

WEAK

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

STRONGEST

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

WEAK

bad derogatory detrimental disagreeable hindering hurting unfavorable unfriendly unpromising

Example Sentences

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When stress builds to similarly high levels on both faults, conditions become more favorable for a large rupture that crosses the junction and spreads through both systems.

From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026

The company is also benefiting from a more favorable pricing environment in China and lower-than-expected tariffs, it added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

There appears to be no go-shop with Taylor Morrision, although the company will pay Berkshire a termination fee of about $221 million if it reaches a more favorable deal with another buyer.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Loans are penalty-free and you pay yourself back at a rate that is more favorable than taking a cash advance on a credit card, for example, Hunter Peterson noted.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Abundant surface liquid water earlier in Martian history suggests that conditions for life were once more favorable.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan