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 company is expected to be profitable by 2028, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Honda says its core business of selling gasoline-powered cars remains profitable, similar to other carmakers such as General Motors and Ford that have reported EV-related writedowns.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

If touring is no longer profitable, how will artists survive?

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Over the last 12 months, the stock has more than tripled, despite the company still being far away from being profitable.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

In July 2007, Merrill Lynch announced yet another sensationally profitable quarter, but admitted it had suffered a decline in revenues from mortgage trading due to losses in subprime bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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