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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
| Synonyms: | practical, profitable, worthwhile |
| Main Entry: | profitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous; money-making |
| Synonyms: | assisting, beneficial, commercial, conducive, contributive, cost-effective, effective, effectual, favorable, fruitful, gainful, going, good, in the black, instrumental, lucrative, paid off, paying, paying well, practical, pragmatic, productive, remunerative, rewarding, self-sustaining, serviceable, successful, sustaining, sweet*, useful, valuable, well-paying, worthwhile |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, unprofitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | Scotch |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closefisted, cost-effective, curmudgeonly, efficient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, on the rims, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight*, time-saving, unwasteful, watchful, work-saving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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