Synonyms for profitable
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Beneficial — beneficial, serviceable, of use
beneficial, advantageous, useful, good, desirable, expedient, available, advisable, salutary, serviceable
2. Lucrative
lucrative, remunerative, money-making, moneymaking US, gainful, productive, fat dated
Other
successful, economic, for-profit, profitsome informal
Definitions
- adj. 1
Beneficial, serviceable, of use.
- adj. 2
Producing a profit.
Related words
- Word family
- profitability profitableness profitably
Example sentences
- useful Rocks and minerals are useful for us in many ways.
- beneficial Red wine is beneficial, its secret lies in dosing.
- desirable It is desirable that you should attend the meeting.
- advantageous This marriage will be advantageous to his career.
- lucrative Sami began a lucrative career as a diamond trader.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| profitable | falling | |
| useful | steady | |
| beneficial | steady | |
| desirable | falling | |
| advantageous | falling | |
| lucrative | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fat1
- 4 letters
- good1
- 6 letters
- useful2
- 7 letters
- gainful2
- 8 letters
- economic4, salutary4
- 9 letters
- available4, desirable4, lucrative3, advisable4, expedient4
- 10 letters
- successful3, productive3, beneficial4, profitsome
- 11 letters
- serviceable4, moneymaking4
- 12 letters
- advantageous4, remunerative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (useful2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- profitable