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lucrative

[loo-kruh-tiv] / ˈlu krə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
productive, well-paid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous cost effective fruitful good money-making profitable worthwhile
WEAK
fatness gainful high-income in the black paying remunerative sweet
Antonyms
WEAK
poorly paid unprofitable

Example Sentences

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Ads could be a lucrative monetization avenue for OpenAI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Meta’s core business of online advertising provides a lucrative means of support for its AI ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

An activist investor has built a stake in a Japanese company it says has a lucrative monopoly on a material vital to artificial-intelligence infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

For Netflix, the bigger prize could be the long-awaited showdown between Fury and Joshua - a fight years in the making but still one of the sport's most lucrative possibilities.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Jack Neylan and Rowan Gaither steered him away from most of these, including a lucrative invitation to join the Monsanto Company board.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik