FAVORABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does favorable mean? 

• FAVORABLE (adjective)
  The adjective FAVORABLE has 4 senses:

1. encouraging or approving or pleasing

2. (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate

3. presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome

4. giving an advantage

  Familiarity information: FAVORABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAVORABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Encouraging or approving or pleasing

Synonyms:

favorable; favourable

Context example:

made a favorable impression

Similar:

affirmative; approbative; approbatory; approving; plausive (expressing or manifesting praise or approval)

indulgent (being favorably inclined)

Also:

affirmative; affirmatory (affirming or giving assent)

complimentary (conveying or resembling a compliment)

good (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified)

Antonym:

unfavorable (not encouraging or approving or pleasing)

Derivation:

favorableness (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate

Synonyms:

favorable; favourable

Context example:

the days were fair and the winds were favorable

Similar:

following (in the desired direction)

Also:

propitious (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success)

Antonym:

unfavorable ((of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose)

Derivation:

favorableness (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome

Synonyms:

favorable; favourable; golden; lucky; prosperous

Context example:

a prosperous moment to make a decision

Similar:

propitious (presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success)

Derivation:

favorableness (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Giving an advantage

Synonyms:

advantageous; favorable; favourable

Context example:

socially advantageous to entertain often

Similar:

beneficial; good (promoting or enhancing well-being)

plus; positive (involving advantage or good)

discriminatory; preferential (manifesting partiality)

Also:

expedient (serving to promote your interest)

opportune (suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose)

profitable (yielding material gain or profit)

Derivation:

favorableness (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)

 Context examples 

It usually has a favorable prognosis.

(Colon Medullary Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients with this variant of CLL/SLL have a favorable prognosis, with a reported median survival of more than 24 years. — 2004

(Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma with Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable-Region Gene Somatic Hypermutation, NCI Thesaurus)

More than 80% of childhood cerebellar astrocytomas are pilocytic astrocytomas which have a favorable prognosis.

(Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

In vitro studies indicate that this agent exhibits a favorable cytotoxicity profile toward normal human epithelial cells, bone marrow progenitors, and bone marrow-derived stromal cells relative to the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib.

(Delanzomib, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of vincristine and doxorubicin, administered after nephrectomy and used for the treatment of limited-stage Wilm's tumor with a favorable histology, including focal anaplastic disease.

(EE-4A Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Infantile fibrosarcomas generally have a much more favorable prognosis than adult fibrosarcomas.

(Fibrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually affects young adults and has a favorable prognosis.

(Extraventricular Neurocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

They are usually treated by surgical resection and in most cases have a favorable prognosis.

(Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs in adults, has a low proliferative potential and usually has a favorable prognosis.

(Cerebellar Liponeurocytoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

An assessment of the most clinically favorable overall response of the disease to the therapy.

(Best Overall Response, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)