auspicious
Adjective
- auguring favorable circumstances and good luck
- "an auspicious beginning for the campaign"
Adj
- Of good omen; indicating future success.
- Conducive to success.
- Marked by success; prosperous.
Examples
- This is an auspicious day.
Origin / Etymology
From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.
Synonyms
auspicial, auspicious, favorable, favourable, fortuitous, fortunate, lucky, promising, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous, teratical
Antonyms
inauspicious, disastrous, foreboding, ominous, portentous, ruinous
Scrabble Score: 14
auspicious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordauspicious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
auspicious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary