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 was the most valuable part of the business—and the only profitable one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Mind-blowing growth is about to propel Anthropic into its first profitable quarter.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Late-night shows were once among the most profitable programs on TV because of their ability to reach viewers in the 18-to-34 age group that attract premium prices for commercial time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Or maybe they thought SpaceX’s launch business was more profitable.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“The crop we are going to raise is a profitable one,” and Jo laughed.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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