- affording gain, benefit, or profit
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prof•it•a•ble /ˈprɑfɪtəbəl/USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- making or gaining a profit, advantage, or benefit:a profitable business.
prof•it•a•ble
(prof′i tə bəl),USA pronunciation adj.
prof′it•a•bil′i•ty, prof′it•a•ble•ness, n.
prof′it•a•bly, adv.
- yielding profit;
remunerative:a profitable deal. - beneficial or useful.
- 1275–1325; Middle English; see profit, -able
prof′it•a•bly, adv.
- 2. advantageous, valuable, helpful.
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profitable /ˈprɒfɪtəbəl/ adj
'profitable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
act
- big time
- cavel
- company doctor
- economic
- fat
- forestall
- gainful
- happy hunting ground
- hive off
- juicy
- lucrative
- moneymaker
- payable
- pay off
- roaring
- snap
- tight
- uneconomic
- active
- advantageous
- augur
- available
- bad
- beneficial
- bullish
- commercialize
- complementation
- creamy
- cushy
- drum
- dry hole
- expedient
- fructuous
- fruitful
- fruitless
- Fulton
- good
- help
- improve
- improvement
- invest
- investment
- land-office business
- luck
- marry
- Midas touch
- milk cow
- moneymaking
- mother lode