'Lucrative' definitions:
Definition of 'lucrative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business" [syn: lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative]
Definition of 'Lucrative'
From: GCIDE
- Lucrative \Lu"cra*tive\, a. [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. [1913 Webster]
- The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Greedy of gain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lucrative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advantageous,
- banausic,
- breadwinning,
- compensating,
- compensative,
- compensatory,
- fat,
- gainful,
- good,
- moneymaking,
- paying,
- productive,
- profitable,
- remunerative,
- reparative,
- repaying,
- retributive,
- retributory,
- rewardful,
- rewarding,
- satisfying,
- well-paying,
- worthwhile