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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“It’s not that there isn’t a market there. It’s just we couldn’t find a way to compete and be profitable.”

From The Wall Street Journal

By the first quarter of 2016, AWS was more profitable than the company’s entire North America retail business, despite generating less revenue.

From MarketWatch

Popcorn remains one of the most profitable consumer products; kernels cost pennies per serving, store well, generate little waste and require minimal labor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though toys are foundational to Mattel, the company said it is trying to broaden its reach by focusing more on content licensing and digital games, which tend to be more profitable.

From Los Angeles Times

profitable

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