propitious

pruh-PISH-usadj

Meaning favorable; likely to lead to success

Memory hook a PRO-FISH day: every sign says GO. The old fisherman sees calm water, a rainbow and fish leaping all around his boat; every sign is good, so it is a propitious day to fish.

Clear skies and a steady breeze made it a propitious day for the kite festival.

In context With customers lining up out the door every morning, the owners decided it was a propitious moment to open a second bakery across town.

Similar favorable, promising, auspicious, advantageous

Opposite unfavorable, inauspicious, ominous

From Latin propitius, “favorable, well-disposed.”

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