| Main Entry: | gainful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very productive, profitable |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, beneficial, fat, fruitful, generous, going, going concern, good, in the black, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, paid off, paying, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet*, useful, well-paying, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, unproductive, unprofitable, useless |
| Main Entry: | beneficial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous |
Synonyms: |
benign, constructive, favorable, favoring, gainful, good, good for what ails you, healthful, helpful, profitable, propitious, salubrious, salutary, serviceable, toward, useful, valuable, what the doctor ordered, wholesome, worthy |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, harmful, hurting, unfortunate, unhelpful, unrewarding |
| Main Entry: | fruitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive |
Synonyms: |
abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse, proliferant, prolific, propagating, reproducing, rewarding, rich, spawning, successful, useful, well-spent, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
barren, impotent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | handy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easy to use |
Synonyms: |
adaptable, advantageous, available, beneficial, central, convenient, functional, gainful, helpful, manageable, neat, practicable, practical, profitable, ready, serviceable, useful, utile, wieldy |
Antonyms: |
awkward, hard, inconvenient, unhandy, useless |
| Main Entry: | lucrative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, well-paid |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, cost effective, fatness, fruitful, gainful, good, high-income, in the black, money-making, paying, profitable, remunerative, sweet, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
poorly paid, unprofitable |
| Main Entry: | moneymaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | producing profit |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, gainful, going, good, lucrative, paying, profitable, remunerative, successful, thriving, well-paying |
Antonyms: |
unprofitable |
| Main Entry: | productive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fruitful, creative |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, beneficial, constructive, dynamic, effective, energetic, fecund, fertile, gainful, generative, gratifying, inventive, plentiful, producing, profitable, prolific, rewarding, rich, teeming, useful, valuable, vigorous, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
fruitless, impotent, unfruitful, unproductive |
| Main Entry: | profitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous; money-making |
Synonyms: |
assisting, beneficial, commercial, conducive, contributive, cost-effective, effective, effectual, favorable, fruitful, gainful, going, good, in the black, instrumental, lucrative, paid off, paying, paying well, practical, pragmatic, productive, remunerative, rewarding, self-sustaining, serviceable, successful, sustaining, sweet*, useful, valuable, well-paying, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
disadvantageous, unprofitable |
| Main Entry: | rewarding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, pleasing |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, edifying, fruitful, fulfilling, gainful, gratifying, productive, profitable, remunerative, satisfying, valuable, worthwhile |
Antonyms: |
troubling, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | worthwhile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | helpful |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, beneficial, constructive, estimable, excellent, gainful, good, important, invaluable, justifiable, lucrative, meritorious, money-making, paying, priceless, productive, profitable, remunerative, rewarding, serviceable, useful, valuable, worthy |
Antonyms: |
unhelpful, valueless, worthless |