gravy train

noun

: a much exploited source of easy money

also : gravy sense 2a

Synonyms

• bonus
• cumshaw
• dividend
• donative
• extra
• gratuity
• gravy
• lagniappe
• perk
• perquisite
• throw-in
• tip

Examples of gravy train in a Sentence

They're trying to get on board the gravy train.

the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors

Recent Examples on the Web

This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death. —Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025

The city of Miami is one of the worst examples of how the gravy train works. —Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025

Neither of his successors have made catastrophic moves, but the gravy train of incoming stars has ended. —Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

The gravy train didn’t last long, though—Thune ran for South Dakota’s other Senate seat in 2004 and managed to unseat Daschle, the sitting leader of the Democratic caucus and the same man who beat his former boss, Abdnor, 18 years before. —Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gravy train

• aeroplane
• appertain
• ascertain
• capitaine
• cassegrain
• cellophane
• chatelaine
• counterpane
• entertain
• gethsemane
• halothane
• hurricane