Antonyms for opportune

Grammar : Adj

Spell : op-er-toon, -tyoon

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɒp ərˈtun, -ˈtyun

Definition of opportune

Origin : c.1400, from Old French opportun and directly from Latin opportunus "fit, convenient, suitable, favorable," from the phrase ob portum veniens "coming toward a port," in reference to the wind, from ob "to, toward" (see ob-) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Opportunely.

adj advantageous, lucky

Example sentences :

It is not my fault, Bella, the opportune gentleman don't come!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

If it be a loan, Seor, I fear that the time is not opportune.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

He was the mountain peddler, and to-day, at least, his visit was opportune.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Hagthorpe announced at once that the proposal was opportune.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

For, whatever it may have been to others, to us your raid upon Barbados was most opportune.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

This popular display of temper was most opportune to his need, he thought.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

Now may God bless this fool for the most opportune of traitors!
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

Who else but Rosa Lemont could have been so opportune and so effective in her action?
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

This hour so opportune was also most inopportune,—such sorrow at home!
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

But how in the world did you happen to appear at such an opportune moment?
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell Down South » by Burt L. Standish

Synonyms for opportune

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