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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Auspicious \Aus*pi"cious\, adjective [See {Auspice}.]
1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. ''Auspicious chief.'' --Dryden.
3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. ''Thy auspicious mistress.'' --Shak. ''Auspicious gales.'' --Pope.
Syn: See {Propitious}. -- {Aus*pi"cious*ly}, adverb -- {Aus*pi"cious*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
auspicious
adjective
1: attended by favorable circumstances; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" [ant: {inauspicious}]
2: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" [syn: {encouraging}, {favorable}, {favourable}, {lucky}, {prosperous}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "auspicious": advantageous, appropriate, befitting, beneficial, benevolent, benign, benignant, blessed, blessed with luck, bon, bonny, braw, bright, bright with promise, bueno, capital, cheering, cogent, commendable, convenient, dexter, elegant, encouraging, estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, famous, favorable, favored, favoring, felicitous, fine, fit, fitting, fortunate, full of promise, golden, good, goodly, grand, halcyon, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, in luck, inspiring, inspiriting, kind, laudable, looking up, lucky, meet, nice, noble, of good omen, of happy portent, of promise, opportune, pleasant, pregnant of good, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, reassuring, regal, ripe, roseate, rosy, royal, seasonable, skillful, sortable, sound, splendid, suitable, supportive, timely, useful, valid, very good, virtuous, well-timed, white
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