PROPITIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propitiousness mean? 

• PROPITIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun PROPITIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result

  Familiarity information: PROPITIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPITIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

auspiciousness; propitiousness

Hypernyms ("propitiousness" is a kind of...):

advantageousness; favorableness; favourableness; positiveness; positivity; profitableness (the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome)

Attribute:

auspicious (auguring favorable circumstances and good luck)

inauspicious; unfortunate (not auspicious; boding ill)

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

unpropitious (not propitious)

Antonym:

unpropitiousness (the quality of suggesting an unsuccessful result)

Derivation:

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