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gainful

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Adjective
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gain=ful

CIDE DICTIONARY

gainfula. 
     Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gainful, adj.
1 (of employment) paid.
2 lucrative, remunerative.

Derivative
gainfully adv. gainfulness n.

THESAURUS

gainful

advantageous, banausic, beneficial, breadwinning, fat, fruitful, generous, good, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, of value, paying, productive, profitable, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, useful, valuable, well, well-paying, well-spent, worthwhile, yielding a return

ROGET THESAURUS

gainful

Utility

N utility, usefulness, efficacy, efficiency, adequacy, service, use, stead, avail, help, applicability, subservience, function, value, worth, money's worth, productiveness, cui bono, utilization, step in the right direction, common weal, commonwealth public good, public interest, utilitarianism, useful, of use, serviceable, proficuous, good for, subservient, conducive, subsidiary, advantageous, profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt, valuable, prolific, adequate, efficient, efficacious, effective, effectual, expedient, applicable, available, ready, handy, at hand, tangible, commodious, adaptable, of all work, usefully, pro bono publico.

Acquisition

N acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing, acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative, lucri causa.


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