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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

Example Sentences

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Participating in the festival paid off in other ways too.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Records show that Curtis paid off a $29,538 lien on the property in early December, more than a year after it was issued.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

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

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Judge Simon Cowell said he had questioned their decision to perform an original song but told them "it paid off", calling it "absolutely stunning", "heartfelt" and "joyous".

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The effort paid off Monday night when a racially mixed group of 200 people gathered in the school auditorium for the first “arena session.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

paid off

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