Gainful

ahd-5
  • adjective. Providing a gain; profitable.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Producing profit or advantage; advancing interest or happiness; profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
  • Contrary; disposed to get the advantage; fractious.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Contrary.
  • adjective. Disposed to taking advantage of.
  • adjective. Troublesome; fractious; hard to handle.
  • adjective. Providing gain; profitable.
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  • adjective. yielding a fair profit
    • Word Usage
    "The term gainful employment, has been in the statute for over 40 years, and during the most recent reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, there was no debate or discussion about a need to further define the term."
    Equivalent
    profitable  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    disdainful  painful  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Amal  after  asan  back-breaking  coastwise  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    advantageous  advantageous  banausic  beneficial  beneficial  
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