profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl] / ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl /

ADJECTIVE

advantageous; money-making

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 paid off 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

Example Sentences

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Its overseas execution also appears solid, they say, partially because its Keeta brand has turned profitable in Hong Kong.

From The Wall Street Journal

The lower cost of capital will allow the combined company to become more profitable as well as give it flexibility to “invest in growth and attract and retain top talent,” Costantini says.

From The Wall Street Journal

That sounds like a logical trade, but it isn’t necessarily a profitable one.

From Barron's

That has sparked a “broad dash for cash” and led many to lock in gains from previous profitable positions to cover losses in other areas of the market.

From MarketWatch

Its construction unit is set to turn profitable while its battery unit is poised to narrow losses, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

profitable

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