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
- 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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