| Main Entry: | remunerative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | paying |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, beneficial, gainful, lucrative, profitable, useful |
| Main Entry: | economic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | business-related; financial |
Synonyms: |
bread-and-butter, budgetary, commercial, fiscal, industrial, material, mercantile, monetary, money-making, pecuniary, productive, profit-making, profitable, remunerative, solvent, viable |
| Notes: | economic means 'pertaining to the production and use of income' and economical is 'avoiding waste, being careful of resources' |
| Main Entry: | fat |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | productive, rich |
Synonyms: |
affluent, cushy, fertile, flourishing, fruitful, good, lucrative, lush, profitable, prosperous, remunerative, thriving |
Antonyms: |
impoverished, poor, unproductive |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | compensative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compensatory |
Synonyms: |
offsetting, redeeming, remunerative |