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Definitions

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
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fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless
WEAK
disadvantageous

Example Sentences

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It also plans to modernize its technology strategy and accelerate profitable growth as a separate public company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

He pointed out that both companies are profitable, which is not often the case with meme stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Brinkman pointed to earnings per share, a key metric that shows how profitable a company is.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

But in border regions like O Smach casinos were the most profitable business, taking advantage of gambling bans in neighbouring countries like Thailand and China.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Up to the time Chacko arrived, the factory had been a small but profitable enterprise.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy