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paid off

ADJECTIVE

gainful

Synonyms

WEAK

advantageous beneficial fat fruitful generous going going concern good in the black lucrative lush moneymaking paying remunerative rewarding rich satisfying substantial sweet useful well-paying worthwhile

Antonyms

WEAK

disadvantageous unproductive unprofitable useless

ADJECTIVE

profitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beneficial commercial cost-effective effective fruitful good lucrative practical productive rewarding successful useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

assisting conducive contributive effectual favorable gainful going in the black instrumental paying paying well pragmatic remunerative self-sustaining serviceable sustaining sweet well-paying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous

ADJECTIVE

reimbursed

Synonyms

STRONG

paid satisfied

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The Knicks still trailed 90-75 heading into the fourth, but they chipped away against the bewildered Spurs and their determination paid off.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Participating in the festival paid off in other ways too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Looked out of his depth at the start of the weekend but stayed clean in the race, and his go-long strategy paid off with a big points haul for Racing Bulls.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

That strategy paid off in 2019, in New Prime v.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

She paid off the mortgage on her house, for she was still in debt to Senator Seward for it.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

paid off

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