opportune[adjective]Synonyms: timely, advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, convenient, favourable, fitting, suitable, well-timed
Antonyms: inopportune
Related Words: appropriate,
felicitous,
happy [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
op‧por‧tune /ˈɒpətjuːn $ ˌɑːpərˈtuːn/
adjective formal[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: opportun, from Latin opportunus, from ob portum 'toward port']
1. an opportune moment/time a time that is suitable for doing something:
I waited, hoping for an opportune moment to discuss the possibility of a raise.2. done at a very suitable time
Antonym : inopportune:
an opportune remark The law reforms were opportune and important.—opportunely adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲