paid off

ADJECTIVE

gainful

Synonyms

WEAK

advantageous beneficial fat fruitful generous going going concern good in the black lucrative lush moneymaking paying remunerative rewarding rich satisfying substantial sweet useful well-paying worthwhile

Antonyms

WEAK

disadvantageous unproductive unprofitable useless

ADJECTIVE

profitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beneficial commercial cost-effective effective fruitful good lucrative practical productive rewarding successful useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

assisting conducive contributive effectual favorable gainful going in the black instrumental paying paying well pragmatic remunerative self-sustaining serviceable sustaining sweet well-paying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous

ADJECTIVE

reimbursed

Synonyms

STRONG

paid satisfied

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Berkshire also lent more than $1.5 billion to Seritage, a loan that is nearly paid off.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

And even though there wasn’t a single drop of rain on Sunday of the PGA Championship, Rai’s methods paid off on one of golf’s biggest stages.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

McIlroy suffered on Thursday when his wayward driving was heavily punished, but spending extra time on the range after his opening round to "find feeling" paid off on Friday.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The distinction paid off with pros and wannabes alike, and by the time Quiksilver launched Roxy with Kasparian in 1990, they were a cultural juggernaut.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The woman’s family had been paid off, and the young prince shipped to school in the mountains.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

paid off

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