auspicious
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auspicious
- /ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs/ UK
- /ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/ US
- /ɑˈspɪʃ.əs/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɪʃəs
Where it comes from
From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.
adjective more auspicious · most auspicious · auspitious
- Of good omen; indicating future success. It was a boast of Napoleon, that the very weather owned the influence of his auspicious star—his triumphal entry, his procession, or his fête, were always marked by sunshine.
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Conducive to success.
This is an auspicious day.
Similar: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky
- Marked by success; prosperous. Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, novv our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this vvarlike State, / Haue vve, as ’tvvere, vvith a defeated ioy, / VVith one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / VVith mirth in Funerall, and vvith Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale vveighing Delight and Dole / Taken
Similar: auspicial, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, fortuitous, lucky, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous, teratical · Opposite: disastrous, ruinous, inauspicious, ominous, foreboding, portentous
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fortunate, propitious, favourable, favorable, lucky, hopeful, advantageous, encouraging, promising, prosperous, bright, golden, rosy, favour, beneficial, felicitous
adjective
Similar: auspicial, auspicious, favorable, fortunate, fortuitous, lucky, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous, teratical · Opposite: disastrous, ruinous, inauspicious, ominous, foreboding, portentous
Translations
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adj indicating future success
| Español | próvido |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | めでたい medetai, 喜ばしい yorokobashii |
| 中文 | 吉利 jílì, 吉祥 jíxiáng |
| हिन्दी | शुभ śubh, कल्याणी kalyāṇī, मंगलमय maṅgalmay |
| Português | promissor |
| Français | propice, faste, de bon augure |
| Deutsch | günstig, vielversprechend, verheißungsvoll, glückverheißend |
| Ελληνικά | ευοίωνος evoíonos |
| Русский | благоприя́тный blagoprijátnyj |
Talk about this word "auspicious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/auspicious. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. auspicious. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/auspicious "auspicious." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/auspicious.Cite this
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title = {auspicious},
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