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ADJECTIVE
advantageous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
auspicious beneficial expedient fortunate helpful opportune profitable propitious worthwhile
Antonyms
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disadvantageous harmful inauspicious inopportune unfortunate unhappy unhelpful unlucky unprofitable worthless

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That puts it on track for the best one-month performance since the record 50.4% rally in February 2000, which was the month before the dot-com bubble started to deflate.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Now she shops around for the best deals, often buying her groceries at Aldi or the Walmart-owned Sam’s Club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

It’s for the best, in the long run, that the Ethics Committee appears to have retained control over these cases amid the ongoing call for blood.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

He said the situation brought home how reliant the country was on oil and he had been "constantly hunting around" for the best prices.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

And how stupid it was to put her finger in a doorjamb, hoping for the best in somebody.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri