profitable
Worth the investment
Profitable describes something that yields financial gain or useful returns.
A profitable business earns more than it spends; a profitable investment returns more than its cost.
The word extends beyond money to anything that produces benefit or advantage: It was a profitable use of my time.
Something can be profitable without being lucrative—a profitable conversation might simply mean one worth having.
Yielding substantial profit
- revenueBusiness income total
- returnsProfits from investments
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
earnings · income · margins · gains · turnover · cash-flow · ROI · proceeds
Enjoying wealth and success
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- thrivingSucceeding vigorously
- fruitfulProducing abundant results
- rewardingProviding satisfaction or benefit
beneficial · advantageous · productive · worthwhile · achievement · prosperity · advancement · progress
Gathering mature crops
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- fertileAble to reproduce abundantly
- arableFit for cultivation
plantation · agribusiness · orchard · livestock · dairy · cultivated · irrigated
Commercial undertaking or initiative
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- startupNew business enterprise
- corporationLegally separate business entity
commerce · retail · industry · marketplace · merger · acquisition · expansion · outlet
Collected works or assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
real-estate · commodities · assets · appreciation · capital · 401(k) · IRA · annuities
lucrative
Yielding substantial profit
dividends · earnings · income · margins · gains · turnover · cash-flow · ROI · proceeds · receipts
prosperous
Enjoying wealth and success
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- thrivingSucceeding vigorously
- fruitfulProducing abundant results
rewarding · beneficial · advantageous · productive · worthwhile · achievement · prosperity · advancement · progress · winning
harvest
Gathering mature crops
arable · plantation · agribusiness · orchard · livestock · dairy · cultivated · irrigated
enterprise
Commercial undertaking or initiative
corporation · commerce · retail · industry · marketplace · merger · acquisition · expansion · outlet · multinational
portfolio
Collected works or assets
securities · real-estate · commodities · assets · appreciation · capital · 401(k) · IRA · annuities · diversified
- business adjectivescommercial, corporate, economic, financial, fiscal
- financesmoney, affluence, cash, bankrupt, income
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- beneficialbeneficial, helpful, advantageous, favorable, good
- qualitiesgood, bad, better, best, useful
profitableunprofitable
Producing no financial gain
loss-making · in the red · nonprofitable · unremunerative · marginal
profitablefruitless
Producing no useful outcome
unproductive · useless · futile · vain · unsuccessful
profitabledisadvantageous
Causing harm or hindrance
detrimental · harmful · damaging · injurious · deleterious