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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

Near Antonyms of profitable

disadvantageous, unfavorable

Antonyms of profitable

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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