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opportune
Suited or right for a particular purpose:
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  1. Suited or right for a particular purpose:
  2. Right for the purpose; fitting in regard to circumstances
  3. Happening or done at the right time; seasonable; well-timed; timely
seasonable
Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time.
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  1. Opportune; occurring at an appropriate or suitable time.
  2. Appropriate to the current season of the year.
suitable
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
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  1. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
  2. That suits a given purpose, occasion, condition, propriety, etc.; fitting; appropriate; apt
appropriate
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
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  1. Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
  2. Right for the purpose; suitable; fit; proper
convenient
Adding to one's comfort; easy to do, use, or get to; causing little trouble or work; handy
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  1. Adding to one's comfort; easy to do, use, or get to; causing little trouble or work; handy
  2. (Obsolete) Fitting and proper; suitable.
  3. (Obs.) Appropriate; suitable
favorable
Winning approval; pleasing:
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  1. Winning approval; pleasing:
  2. Advantageous; helpful:
  3. Granting what has been desired or requested:
propitious
Favorably inclined or disposed; gracious
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  1. Favorably inclined or disposed; gracious
  2. Boding well; favorable; auspicious
  3. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:
well-timed
Timely; opportune
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  1. Timely; opportune
  2. Occurring or done at an opportune time:
modern
Of or relating to recent times or the present:
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  1. Of or relating to recent times or the present:
  2. Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date:
  3. Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology:
up-to-date
Extending to the present time; using or including the latest facts, ideas, etc.
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  1. Extending to the present time; using or including the latest facts, ideas, etc.
  2. Keeping up with what is most recent in style, taste, information, etc.
  3. (Before the noun) current; recent; the latest
newsworthy
Of sufficient interest or importance to the public to warrant reporting in the media.
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  1. Of sufficient interest or importance to the public to warrant reporting in the media.
  2. Having the qualities of news; timely and important or interesting
  3. Interesting enough to be reported as a news
auspicious
Of good omen; boding well for the future; favorable; propitious
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  1. Of good omen; boding well for the future; favorable; propitious
  2. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious:
  3. Favored by fortune; successful
favorable
Winning approval; pleasing:
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  1. Winning approval; pleasing:
  2. Indulgent or partial:
  3. Granting what has been desired or requested:
opportune
Suited or right for a particular purpose:
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  1. Suited or right for a particular purpose:
  2. Right for the purpose; fitting in regard to circumstances
  3. Happening or done at the right time; seasonable; well-timed; timely
propitious
Boding well; favorable; auspicious
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  1. Boding well; favorable; auspicious
  2. Favorably inclined or disposed; gracious
  3. Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:
prosperous
Well-to-do; well-off:
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  1. Well-to-do; well-off:
  2. Having success; flourishing:
  3. Having continued success; prospering; flourishing
seasonable
In a timely manner; within the time agreed upon; within a reasonable amount of time. In a timely manner; within the time agreed upon; within a reasonable amount of time.
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  1. In a timely manner; within the time agreed upon; within a reasonable amount of time. In a timely manner; within the time agreed upon; within a reasonable amount of time.
  2. Appropriate to the current season of the year.
well-timed
Timely; opportune
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  1. Timely; opportune
  2. Occurring or done at an opportune time:
prompt
Being on time; punctual.
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  1. Being on time; punctual.
  2. Quick to act or to do what is required; ready, punctual, etc.
  3. Carried out or performed without delay:
punctual
Confined to or having the nature of a point in space.
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  1. Confined to or having the nature of a point in space.
  2. (of a person) Acting at the appointed time
  3. (Linguistics) Of, related to, or being the verbal aspect that expresses momentary action or action considered as having no temporal duration.

Synonym Study

  • Seasonable applies literally to that which is suited to the season of the year or, figuratively, to the moment or occasion seasonable weather
  • Opportune refers to that which is so timed, often as if by accident, as to meet exactly the needs of the occasion the opportune arrival of a supply train
  • Timely applies to that which happens or is done at an appropriate time, esp. at such a time as to be of help or service a timely interruption
Find another word for timely. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for timely, like: opportune, seasonable, in-good-time, fitting the times, suitable, appropriate, convenient, favorable, propitious, well-timed and modern.

Sentence Examples

  • He regarded his project as a timely compromise.

  • We don't always get timely information ourselves.

  • The rekindling of the Imperial idea is understood as a timely act of revolt and redemption: of revolt against continuous humiliations deeply felt, redemption from the fate of nations obviously weak and suspected of timidity.

  • Of those, again, who maintain the traditional view, some, like Niebuhr and Grote, regard it as convicting Alexander of mad ambition and vainglory, whilst to Kaerst Alexander only incorporates ideas which were the timely fruit of a long historical development.

  • Another timely work was his edition of Friedrich List's Gesammelte Schriften (1850), accompanied with a life of the author.

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