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profitable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of profitable

1 yielding a profit

  • selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
Synonyms of profitable

economic, fat, gainful, juicy, lucrative, moneymaking, money-spinning [chiefly British], paying, remunerative
Words Related to profitable

advantageous, beneficial, favorable, rewarding, useful, worthwhile

bankable
Near Antonyms of profitable

disadvantageous, unfavorable
Antonyms of profitable

unprofitable

2 promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being

  • I have always found honesty to be a profitable course of action
Synonyms of profitable

advantageous, benefic, beneficent, beneficial, benignant, favorable, friendly, good, helpful, kindly, salutary
Words Related to profitable

gratifying, rewarding, satisfying

auspicious, promising, propitious

advisable, desirable, healthful, healthy, salubrious, salutiferous, wholesome

gainful, lucrative, remunerative

ameliorative, amelioratory, bettering, constructive, supportive
Near Antonyms of profitable

damaging, deleterious, harmful, injurious, insalubrious
Antonyms of profitable

bad, disadvantageous, unfavorable, unfriendly, unhelpful, unprofitable

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