auspicious C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/ UK /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj giving promise of success; favourable They chose an auspicious date for the wedding. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · giving promise of success;... favorablepromisingpropitiousfortunateopportuneencouragingtimelylucky ↔ Opposites inauspiciousunfavorableominousunluckyunpromisingill-fated Word family Forms auspiciousness Derived forms auspiciouslyauspiciousness Related forms auspiceauspex Etymology AI details From Latin auspicium ('divination by observing birds') + -ous; from auspex ('bird-watcher, diviner'), itself from avis ('bird') + specere ('to look at'). auspicium Latin avis Old French specere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # auspicious **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/ ## Meanings 1. giving promise of success; favourable ## Examples - They chose an auspicious date for the wedding. ## Synonyms - favorable - promising - propitious - fortunate - opportune - encouraging - timely - lucky ## Antonyms - inauspicious - unfavorable - ominous - unlucky - unpromising - ill-fated ## Derived Forms - auspiciously - auspiciousness ## Related Forms - auspice - auspex ## Roots and Affixes - Root: auspicium - Root: avis - Root: specere ## Etymology From Latin auspicium ('divination by observing birds') + -ous; from auspex ('bird-watcher, diviner'), itself from avis ('bird') + specere ('to look at'). ## AI Etymology Auspicious is from Latin auspicium ('divination by observing birds') + -ous; from auspex ('bird-watcher, diviner'), itself from avis ('bird') + specere ('to look at'). Important recorded forms include auspicium (Latin), avis (Latin), and specere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers giving promise of success; favourable. The wider family includes derived forms such as auspiciously and auspiciousness and related words such as auspice and auspex. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown