- 1that makes or is likely to make money a highly profitable business a profitable investment It is usually more profitable to sell direct to the public. Thesaurussuccessful
- profitable
- commercial
- lucrative
- successful making a lot of money, especially by being popular:The play was very successful on Broadway. The company has had another successful year.
- profitable making a profit:a highly profitable business
- commercial [only before noun] making or intended to make a profit:The movie was not a commercial success (= made no profit).
- lucrative (of business or work) producing or paying a large amount of money; making a large profit:They do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets.
- a successful/profitable/lucrative business
- a successful/profitable/lucrative year
- 2that gives someone an advantage or a useful result synonym rewarding a profitable experience She spent a profitable afternoon in the library.
NAmE//ˌprɑfət̮əˈbɪlət̮i//
noun [uncountable] to increase profitability NAmE//ˈprɑfət̮əbli//
adverb to run a business profitably He spent the weekend profitably.See profitable in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: profitable