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

Private equity profits by killing companies to sell their corpses. — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 7 July 2026

The store disappeared after the White House faced questions about where the profits from sales would go. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

California’s budget is dependent on income taxes the rich pay on stock market profits. — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

This is the only way many people can buy essential food and hygiene products from the commissary — yet another way CoreCivic profits. — Brady Tillett, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

In return for licensing its intellectual property, OLC pays Disney royalties but not a a share of its profits. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

This might have the unintended effect of slowing down AI adoption, as companies realize that the expense of using AI eats into their profits. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 July 2026

In order to eventually be included in the S&P 500, SpaceX would need to register four quarters of profits. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

Quite macro Part of the fixation on non-fundamental flow and structural drivers reflects a fairly quiet macro backdrop, with near-term economic trends not acting as the prime driver of investor attitudes or even corporate profits. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Verb

That disconnect between who pays the bills and who profits from them helps explain why so many customers feel frustrated and unheard. — Matt Parr, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 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

Apple, which profits from having apps like X and Grok on its digital store, has not spoken publicly about the issue or its behind-the-scenes intervention. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 15 Apr. 2026

Those are allegations and a short-seller's claim, not findings; Culper holds a position that profits if Nvidia's shares fall, which colours its analysis and should be weighed accordingly. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 19 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

Because the somewhat complex antitrust case is being tried before a 12-person jury, each party took pains to lay out the process, and provide visual explainers, about how an artist works with promoters and others to book a tour, and who profits. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026

Until Puerto Rico is allowed to decide how its energy is produced, who profits from it, and how it is governed, the archipelago will remain trapped in a system that reproduces vulnerability instead of resilience. — Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 28 Feb. 2026

My patient is refusing a drug studied in 170,000 people because of side effects that a 124,000-person analysis just confirmed do not exist — while injecting a compound studied in 14 humans, from unregulated sources, based on the recommendation of someone who profits from selling it. — Vikas Patel, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026