Definitions

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 is currently not profitable, meaning it loses more money from its operations than it makes.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The S&P 500 on Thursday denied Musk a speedy entry, saying it would uphold its time frames and rules requiring that entrants first be profitable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

SpaceX’s AI ambitions are also weighing heavily on its profitable business segments.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Alex Papadopoulos, president of Egea SRI, says renewable energy has become profitable and globally mainstream in the past three years.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

This broker would not mind being awoken at midnight if there was some quick and profitable business at hand!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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