Synonyms of profits

profits 1 of 2

noun

plural of profit

as in earnings

the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received

after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20

Synonyms & Similar Words

• earnings
• proceeds
• gains
• returns
• incomes
• revenues
• salaries
• payoffs
• wages
• sales
• lucre
• windfalls
• nets
• payments
• yields
• cleanups
• killings
• bottom lines
• pays
• emoluments
• compensations
• interests
• grosses
• remittals
• requitals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• costs
• expenses
• expenditures
• losses
• outlays
• charges
• disbursements
• outgoes

profits

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of profit

as in benefits

to provide with something useful or desirable

an agreement that profited us all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• benefits
• advantages
• helps
• avails
• works (for)
• serves
• aids
• contents
• improves
• succeeds
• assists
• delights
• pleases
• satisfies
• betters
• gratifies
• blesses
• gladdens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hinders
• damages
• hurts
• impedes
• harms
• impairs
• injures
• upsets
• afflicts
• distresses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of profits

Noun

As American Airlines earns substantial profits from its Charlotte hub, advocates said the workers who keep it running should receive a fair share. — Chase Jordan october 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026

Outside of tech, stocks were more resilient as many rallied after reporting stronger profits for the summer than analysts expected. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Beauty, alongside a collective commitment to giving 2 percent of net profits to meaningful causes. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Its profits are mostly distributed to Switzerland's federal and local governments, with shareholders receiving a dividend if its equity capital is large enough. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

Come 2015, the carmaker saw a way to resurrect the marque with a new sedan that could both rake in profits and, potentially, test the waters for a broader return. — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026

Analysts forecast both could report record profits for the full year. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Though the company is still throwing off bundles of cash, the profits aren’t good enough for a ravenous Wall Street, and the blood of 1,000 staff has been let as Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters attempt to change the record. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026

Investors have another busy week of earnings ahead, with reports from big names that could provide more insight on plans for AI spending and how inflation is influencing profits. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026

Verb

Neither transformation settles the question of who profits from women’s pain, much less who gets to control its meaning. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026

Who profits when something once considered disposable becomes a valuable commodity? — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Divided Supreme Court lets Trump's White House ballroom construction continue A mom's website shows who profits from ICE. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

The former is akin to the player profits the Premier League and UEFA allow clubs to include in their SCR calculations, but the EFL’s version comes replete with crucial differences. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

The argument is about how coverage is structured, who profits from the current structure and what employers can do about it before their next renewal becomes a crisis. — Yasser Almuaala, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Click here for a full list of non-profits the stores support. — Dawn White, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026

For too long, families and businesses have been at the mercy of a fossil fuel industry that profits from scarcity and price volatility while passing the costs on to customers. — Julianna Larue, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026

In a case pending in federal court in Oakland, California, three Facebook users allege that the company profits from online swindles at the expense of users. — David Ingram, NBC news, 12 May 2026