well-paying

ADJECTIVE

gainful

Synonyms

WEAK

advantageous beneficial fat fruitful generous going going concern good in the black lucrative lush moneymaking paid off paying remunerative rewarding rich satisfying substantial sweet useful worthwhile

Antonyms

WEAK

disadvantageous unproductive unprofitable useless

ADJECTIVE

moneymaking

Synonyms

STRONG

going good

WEAK

advantageous gainful lucrative paying profitable remunerative successful thriving

Antonyms

WEAK

unprofitable

ADJECTIVE

profitable

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous

Example Sentences

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"Being on a ship is a convenient way out for many, as it is a relatively well-paying job for the qualification it demands."

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

In an economy with limited well-paying jobs, many have rejected societal pressures to overwork or have stopped working completely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

But it has not yet aligned these gains with the creation of productive, well-paying jobs at scale.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

One problem is that the allure of well-paying programming jobs at flashy technology companies made computer science such a popular field that the hiring market is now oversaturated.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Not long ago, young, unskilled men could find decent, well-paying jobs at large factories in most major Northern cities.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

well-paying

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