profitable

Adjective

Meaning

Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

beneficial lucrative successful effective rich paying productive advantageous fruitful worthwhile rewarding expedient remunerative gainful money-making
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Antonyms

unprofitable sisyphean defeated impossible bad empty
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Phrases with the word

not profitable profitable errand profitable venture profitable product lack of profitable resources profitable hours

Examples

profitable speculation on the stock market Source: Internet

Ability, Issue 58, p. 5. Scientology became a highly profitable enterprise for Hubbard. Source: Internet

All in all, if you’re looking to find a game that’s both exciting and profitable, don’t look past craps. Source: Internet

According to Stefan Kanfer's biography of the actor, Marlon's manager Jay Kanter negotiated a profitable contract with ten percent of the gross going to Brando, which put him in the millionaire category. Source: Internet

A group of 10 growers from Perkins County took home the award for most profitable in the pivot-irrigated corn competition, while the Fontanelle Hybrids team took home the awards for highest yield and highest input-use efficiency. Source: Internet

A firm that has exited an industry has avoided all commitments and freed all capital for use in more profitable enterprises. Source: Internet

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