gainful
Bringing in money
Gainful means producing financial gain or profit, almost always describing employment: gainful employment, gainfully employed.
The word rarely appears outside this fixed phrase, where it emphasizes that work provides income rather than being volunteer or unpaid.
She struggled to find gainful employment after graduation.
Yielding substantial profit
- revenueBusiness income total
- earningsMoney gained from work
- returnsProfits from investments
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
commerce · trade · business · capital · dividends · income · monetize · wealth
Lifelong occupational pursuit
- jobPaid position of employment
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- occupationOne's regular paid work
profession · livelihood · labor · position · workforce · appointment · hire · tenure
Providing benefit or gain
- favorableInclined toward approval
- valuableWorth considerable money
- usefulServing a purpose
- constructivePromoting positive development
helpful · practical · worthwhile · productive · effective · expedient · promising · strategic
State of fulfilled desires
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- successFavorable outcome attained
recognition · growth · self-improvement · empowerment · meaningful · purposeful · enriching · motivation
lucrative
Yielding substantial profit
investment · commerce · trade · business · capital · dividends · income · monetize · wealth · finance
career
Lifelong occupational pursuit
occupation · profession · livelihood · labor · position · workforce · appointment · hire · tenure · posting
advantageous
Providing benefit or gain
constructive · helpful · practical · worthwhile · productive · effective · expedient · promising · strategic · enhancing
satisfaction
State of fulfilled desires
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- gratificationPleasure from satisfying desires
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
success · recognition · growth · self-improvement · empowerment · meaningful · purposeful · enriching · motivation · pride
- beneficialbeneficial, helpful, advantageous, favorable, good
- rewardsrewards, reward, prizes, prize, trophy
gainfulunpaid
Not yet compensated
volunteer · unprofitable · losing · unremunerative · non-paying
gainfulunproductive
Failing to achieve results
fruitless · detrimental · disadvantageous · useless · pointless