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- pronunciation:
- aw
spI
shihs
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
likely to be followed by favorable events.
We were encouraged by the auspicious beginning of our project.- synonyms:
- favorable, promising, propitious
- antonyms:
- ill-omened, inauspicious, ominous
- similar words:
- encouraging, hopeful
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| related words: |
best, bright, fortunate, happy, lucky, optimistic, portentous, prosperous, rosy, well |
| derivations: |
auspiciously (adv.), auspiciousness (n.) |
The word auspicious
contains the following parts:
au, avi
Latin
root
that means bird
  Example words:
spect, spec, spic, spectro
Latin
root
that means to see, look, watch
Example words:
aspect, conspicuous, despise, expectation, inconspicuous, inspect, inspector, perspective, prospect, respect, respective, special, species, specific, specimen, spectacle, spectacular, spectator, spectrum, speculate, suspect, suspicious
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, atrocious, carnivorous, curious, delicious, enormous, ferocious, generous, gracious, inconspicuous, intravenous, joyous, malicious, poisonous, porous, precious, spacious, unanimous, vicious
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