Synonyms for gainful
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Remunerative
remunerative, profitable, lucrative, advantageous, productive, beneficial
Definitions
- adj. 1
Contrary.
Example sentences
- profitable What you've done is profitable only to the enemy.
- lucrative Sami began a lucrative career as a diamond trader.
- advantageous This marriage will be advantageous to his career.
- paid I paid 2,000 yen for the parcel to be sent by air.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gainful | falling | |
| profitable | falling | |
| lucrative | rising | |
| advantageous | falling | |
| remunerative | falling | |
| paid | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- paid1
- 8 letters
- lucrific
- 9 letters
- lucrative3
- 10 letters
- productive3, beneficial4, profitable4
- 12 letters
- advantageous4, remunerative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lucrative3 = 3 syllables).