Entry Word: profitable

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 yielding a profit <selling lemonade turned out to be a profitable venture>

Synonyms fat, gainful, lucrative, paying, remunerative

Related Words advantageous, beneficial, rewarding, useful, worthwhile

Antonyms unprofitable

2 conferring benefits; promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being <I have always found honesty to be a profitable course of action> — see beneficial