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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“The businesses of the world’s most profitable companies have a significant European leg,” said Setser, of the Council on Foreign Relations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Corporate airfares are among the most profitable for airlines, as businesses snapping those up usually pay full price for their tickets in exchange for some flexibility for their employees.

From MarketWatch

Australia last month became the first nation to prohibit people under-16s from using immensely popular and profitable social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok and YouTube.

From Barron's

Citadel retained its position as the most profitable hedge-fund firm since inception, the report found.

From The Wall Street Journal

Joseph Nicchitta, the county’s interim chief executive officer, called on the State Bar to implement “badly needed ethical reforms” that would make big personal injury cases less profitable for lawyers.

From Los Angeles Times

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