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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Its bet years ago that it could offer better, more reliable service and its focus on affluent customers has made it the most profitable U.S. carrier.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

“Broadly, we believe Walmart’s focus on value and convenience, combined with strong execution, should drive profitable market share gains,” Telsey Advisory Group analyst Joseph Feldman writes.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

"What's different about Ford is we've been here for 100 years, and I have one mission on this assignment, and that is to build a sustainably profitable business in Ford for the next 100 years."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Meanwhile, Carvana eschews traditional dealer tactics like commissioned salespeople, price haggling and profitable documentation fees tacked onto the transaction.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

While they flew beneath the clouds, bare, brown patches of ground were visible where the Weyerhaeuser Logging Company had harvested timber on some of the most profitable land in the country.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

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