'Profitable' definitions:
Definition of 'profitable'
From: WordNet
adjective
Yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market" [ant: unprofitable]
Definition of 'Profitable'
From: GCIDE
- Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.] Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. [1913 Webster]
- What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] -- {Prof"it*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Prof"it*a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'profitable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advantageous,
- advisable,
- aidful,
- appropriate,
- auspicious,
- banausic,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- beneficial,
- benevolent,
- bon,
- bonny,
- braw,
- breadwinning,
- bueno,
- capital,
- cogent,
- commendable,
- compensating,
- compensative,
- compensatory,
- conducive,
- congruous,
- constructive,
- contributory,
- convenient,
- decent,
- desirable,
- effective,
- elegant,
- estimable,
- excellent,
- expedient,
- fair,
- famous,
- fat,
- favorable,
- feasible,
- felicitous,
- fine,
- fit,
- fitten,
- fitting,
- fructuous,
- fruitful,
- furthersome,
- gainful,
- good,
- good for,
- goodly,
- grand,
- happy,
- healthy,
- helpful,
- kind,
- laudable,
- likely,
- lucrative,
- meet,
- moneymaking,
- nice,
- noble,
- of value,
- opportune,
- paying,
- pleasant,
- politic,
- positive,
- productive,
- proper,
- recommendable,
- regal,
- remedial,
- remunerative,
- reparative,
- repaying,
- retributive,
- retributory,
- rewardful,
- rewarding,
- right,
- royal,
- salutary,
- satisfying,
- seasonable,
- seemly,
- serviceable,
- skillful,
- sortable,
- sound,
- splendid,
- suitable,
- therapeutic,
- timely,
- to be desired,
- useful,
- utilitarian,
- valid,
- valuable,
- very good,
- virtuous,
- well-paying,
- well-spent,
- well-timed,
- wise,
- worthwhile,
- yielding a return
Words containing 'Profitable'
- Profit,
- Profitableness,
- Profitably,
- Profited,
- Profiting,
- profit by,
- profitability,
- profiteer,
- profits,
- Mesne profits,
- To turn to profit,
- Violent profits,
- gross profit,
- margin of profit,
- net profit,
- not-for-profit,
- paper profit,
- paper profits,
- profit and loss,
- profit margin,
- profit sharing,
- profit taker,
- turn a profit,
- windfall profit,
- gross profit margin,
- profit and loss account,
- profit-maximising,
- profit-maximizing,
- non-profit-making,
- profit-and-loss statement,
- nonprofit non-profit-making