opportune

Examples

• All

• The first decade of the twenty-first century is an opportune time to analyze these changes in the English cultural landscape.

  Academic text (2003)

• Well, whoever it is, they sure picked an opportune time.

  Rage of the Yeti (2011)

• I hope this is an opportune time to show a video.

  Why Him? (2016)

• You bring the news at an opportune moment.

  The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

• Your arrival is most opportune.

  Anthony Adverse (1936)

• Well, it seems like an opportune time to try it out, don't you think?

  Fatman (2020)

• Then I think this is the opportune time to tell you that I happen to be a fantastic swimmer.

  Before Sunrise (1995)

• The year 1995 is admittedly an opportune time for addressing the issues identified in this article.

  Academic text (1995)

• Neuroscientists demonstrate that the most opportune years for learning are from the ages of two to ten.

  Academic text (1992)

• Well, this seems like an opportune time to let you know... ...that as a final class assignment before summer vacation... ...we're going to help out at a soup kitchen... ...where they provide food for the poor and needy.

  Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

Synonyms

T

timely

vsopportune

111 3.0

Happening at the right time to be useful

is closer to advantage and opportunity rather than mere punctuality

F

fortuitous

vsopportune

• Formal

15 7.3

Happening by chance in a lucky or helpful way

is about careful timing and suitability, not accidental luck

W

well timed

vsopportune

1 3.5

Happening at the right moment to be useful

is similar but stresses being especially advantageous in timing

T

timeful

vsopportune

7.6

Happens at the right moment to be useful

is identical in meaning but is the common adjective form

Antonyms

I

inopportune

8 7.3

Happening at a bad time

How Timely

timely

111 3.0

well-timed

1 3.7

opportune

13 6.8

ill-timed

3 5.5

Surface Forms

Etymology