Definitions

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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For bars in the area showing the finals game, this would normally be a lucrative night.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Two megaevents—the World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics—are giving unions in Los Angeles leverage to try to negotiate lucrative deals for workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Over the long term, this risk-reward paradigm has been lucrative for investors.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The filing disclosed terms of a deal with Anthropic, one of the leading AI labs, that underscore how lucrative such a business can be for Musk’s money-losing rocket maker.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 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

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