profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

advantageous; money-making

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 paid off 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

Example Sentences

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One of Cook's profitable pivots at Apple was to sell digital content and services, from streaming music and television to cloud data storage and apps for iPhones.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

In 2018, he found that demand for cafeteria food was too low to be profitable, and he pivoted to a nightclub and lounge concept called Clifton’s Republic, featuring multiple dining and drinking venues.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

“After all, this ‘buy the dip’ strategy, if you can call it that, has proved consistently profitable since October 2022,” he added.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

For years, there’s been speculation about whether Goop will IPO or be acquired, as well as when it will become profitable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

This broker would not mind being awoken at midnight if there was some quick and profitable business at hand!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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