Opportune Synonyms and Antonyms

ŏpər-to͝on, -tyo͝on
Serving one's convenience
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fitting
  2. suitable
  3. fortuitous
Advantageous
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. inopportune
  2. disadvantageous
  3. unlucky
  4. unsuitable
  5. inauspicious

Opportune Sentence Examples

  • It was therefore an opportune time to try to sweep the Turks and the British into the sea.

  • An opportune storm, however, gave the king an excuse for returning home, as Frederick II.

  • They appealed for aid to Philip of France, who judged it opportune to intervene once more.

  • It couldn't be a more opportune time to slip into a pair of slipper socks!

  • His vessel was wrecked, and he fell into the hands of cannibals; but he was saved by his leanness, and by the opportune invasion of a neighbouring tribe.

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