SG Heritage Dictionary

Opportune [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Properly, having come or being present at a proper time; hence, seasonable; timely; well timed. It agrees with seasonable rather than with convenient, though the sense of the latter may be included in it.

2. Perhaps in view of those bright confines, whence with neighboring arms, and opportune excursion, we may chance re-enter heaven.

Opportune [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely.

Opportune [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To suit.

Opportunely [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Seasonably; at a time favorable for the purpose. It has been applied to place, as well as to time, but its proper application is to time, and hence it accords with seasonably, rather than with conveniently.

Occasion Roget’s Thesaurus §134

N. {ant. 135} timeliness, occasion, opportunity, opening, room, event (eventuality) 151, suitable season, proper season, suitable time, proper time, high time, opportuneness, tempestivity, crisis, turn, juncture, conjuncture, crisis, turning point, given time, nick of time, golden opportunity, well timed opportunity, fine opportunity, favorable opportunity, opening, clear stage, fair field, mollia tempora, fata morgana, spare time

V. seize an opportunity, use an opportunity, give an opportunity, use an occasion, improve the occasion, suit the occasion, seize the occasion, strike while the iron is hot, battre le fer sur l'enclume, make hay while the sun shines, seize the present hour, take time by the forelock, prendre la balle au bond

Adj. opportune, timely, well-timed, timeful, seasonable, providential, lucky, fortunate, happy, favorable, propitious, auspicious, critical, suitable, obiter dicta

Adv. opportunely, in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time, for the nonce, in the nick of time, in the fullness of time, all in good time, just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never, by the way, by the by, en passant, a propos, pro re nata, pro hac vice, par parenthese, parenthetically, by way of parenthesis, incidentally, while speaking of, while on the subject, extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, on the spot

Phr. carpe diem, [Horace], occasionem cognosce, one's hour is come, the time is up, that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it, bien perdu bien connu, e sempre l'ora, ex quovis ligno non fit mercurius, nosce tempus, nunc aut nunquam

Expedience Roget’s Thesaurus §646

N. expedience, expediency, desirableness, desirability, fitness, utility, propriety, opportunism, advantage, high time

V. be expedient, suit, befit, suit the time, befit the time, suit the season, befit the season, suit the occasion, befit the occasion, conform

Adj. expedient, desirable, advisable, acceptable, convenient, worth while, meet, fit, fitting, due, proper, eligible, seemly, becoming, befitting, opportune, in loco, suitable, applicable

Adv. in the right place, conveniently

Phr. operae pretium est