gainful

The word “gainful” has 2 syllables: gain-ful

It's pronounced as /ˈɡeɪnfəl/


What is synonym and antonym for gainful?

In the thesaurus, “gainful” has 29 synonyms and 5 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gainful along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gainful

  • advantageous
  • bankable
  • beneficial
  • economic
  • fat
  • favorable
  • fruitful
  • generous
  • going
  • going concern
  • good
  • in the black
  • juicy
  • lucrative
  • lush
  • money-spinning
  • moneymaking
  • paid off
  • paying
  • profitable
  • remunerative
  • rewarding
  • rich
  • satisfying
  • substantial
  • sweet
  • useful
  • well-paying
  • worthwhile

Antonyms for gainful

  • disadvantageous
  • unfavorable
  • unproductive
  • unprofitable
  • useless

Meanings of gainful

  • adjective
    1. Contrary.
    2. Disposed to taking advantage of.
    3. Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle.
    4. Providing gain; profitable.

Example Sentences

  • The entrepreneur sought gainful opportunities to invest in emerging markets.
  • She appreciated the gainful employment that allowed her to support her family.
  • The mentor provided valuable advice on pursuing a gainful career in the competitive industry.
  • The recent graduate was excited to secure a gainful position at a reputable company.
  • The small business owner was determined to find gainful solutions to boost profitability.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gainful, such as: advantageous, bankable, beneficial, disadvantageous, economic, fat, favorable.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

economic

  • advantageous
  • bankable
  • beneficial
  • bread-and-butter
  • budgetary
  • commercial
  • fat
  • favorable
  • fiscal
  • gainful
  • industrial
  • juicy
  • lucrative
  • material
  • mercantile
  • monetary
  • money-making
  • money-spinning
  • moneymaking
  • paying
  • pecuniary
  • productive
  • profit-making
  • profitable
  • remunerative
  • rewarding
  • solvent
  • useful
  • viable
  • worthwhile

paid off

  • abased
  • advantageous
  • allured
  • assisting
  • baited
  • balanced
  • beguiled
  • beneficial
  • bought
  • bribed
  • cleared
  • commercial
  • conducive
  • contributive
  • corrupted
  • cost-effective
  • debased
  • debauched
  • defiled
  • degraded
  • demeaned
  • depraved
  • discharged
  • dishonored
  • effective
  • effectual
  • enticed
  • fat
  • favorable
  • fixed
  • flattered
  • footed
  • fruitful
  • gainful
  • generous
  • goaded
  • going
  • going concern
  • good
  • got at
  • greased the hand of
  • greased the palm of
  • had
  • in the black
  • induced
  • instrumental
  • led on
  • liquidated
  • lucrative
  • lured
  • lush
  • met
  • moneymaking
  • motivated
  • oiled the hand of
  • oiled the palm of
  • paid
  • paid up
  • paying
  • paying well
  • persuaded
  • perverted
  • poisoned
  • ponied up
  • practical
  • pragmatic
  • productive
  • profaned
  • prostituted
  • provoked
  • quit
  • quitted
  • recompensed
  • remunerative
  • rewarding
  • rich
  • satisfied
  • satisfying
  • seduced
  • self-sustaining
  • serviceable
  • settled
  • snared
  • spurred
  • squared
  • stimulated
  • stood
  • substantial
  • subverted
  • successful
  • sustaining
  • sweet
  • tainted
  • tempted
  • trapped
  • useful
  • valuable
  • warped
  • well-paying
  • worthwhile

salutary

  • advantageous
  • advisable
  • aiding
  • alleviative
  • ameliorative
  • amelioratory
  • antiseptic
  • aseptic
  • auspicious
  • benefic
  • beneficent
  • beneficial
  • benignant
  • bettering
  • clean
  • constructive
  • corrective
  • curative
  • desirable
  • favorable
  • fit
  • friendly
  • gainful
  • good
  • gratifying
  • healing
  • healthful
  • healthy
  • helpful
  • hygienic
  • kindly
  • lucrative
  • medicinal
  • nonpoisonous
  • nontoxic
  • nourishing
  • nutritional
  • nutritious
  • profitable
  • promising
  • propitious
  • recuperative
  • refreshing
  • rehabilitative
  • rejuvenating
  • rejuvenescent
  • remedial
  • remunerative
  • restorative
  • rewarding
  • salubrious
  • salutiferous
  • sanative
  • sanitary
  • satisfying
  • sound
  • supportive
  • tonic
  • useful
  • well
  • wholesome

bankable

  • advantageous
  • beneficial
  • commercial
  • economic
  • fat
  • favorable
  • fit
  • for sale
  • gainful
  • good
  • hot
  • juicy
  • lucrative
  • merchandisable
  • merchantable
  • money-spinning
  • moneymaking
  • paying
  • profitable
  • remunerative
  • rewarding
  • salable
  • sellable
  • selling
  • sought-after
  • sound
  • trafficable
  • useful
  • vendible
  • wanted
  • worthwhile

handy

  • able
  • abutting
  • accessible
  • adaptable
  • adept
  • adjacent
  • adjoining
  • adroit
  • advantageous
  • agile
  • approachable
  • at hand
  • attainable
  • available
  • beneficial
  • capable
  • central
  • clever
  • close
  • close-at-hand
  • close-by
  • competent
  • convenient
  • coordinated
  • cunning
  • deft
  • dexterous
  • dextrous
  • double-jointed
  • expert
  • fit
  • flexible
  • functional
  • gainful
  • getatable
  • graceful
  • habile
  • helpful
  • ingenious
  • limber
  • lissom
  • lissome
  • lithe
  • lithesome
  • loose-jointed
  • manageable
  • masterful
  • masterly
  • near
  • near-at-hand
  • nearby
  • neat
  • nigh
  • nimble
  • obtainable
  • on hand
  • practicable
  • practical
  • proficient
  • profitable
  • qualified
  • reachable
  • ready
  • serviceable
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • spry
  • sure-handed
  • to hand
  • ultraconvenient
  • useful
  • utile
  • wieldy
  • within reach

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