- 1(of a time) suitable for doing a particular thing, so that it is likely to be successful synonym favorable The offer could not have come at a more opportune moment. Mr. O'Conner decided the time was opportune for talking business.
- 2(of an action or event) done or happening at the right time to be successful an opportune remark opposite inopportune
adverbSee opportune in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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