LUCRATIVE
lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative
(adjective) producing a sizeable profit; “a remunerative business”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
lucrative (comparative more lucrative, superlative most lucrative)
Producing a surplus; profitable.
(military) Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.
Usage notes
• Said of profession, occupation, position, office, business, deal, etc.
Antonyms
• nonlucrative
Anagrams
• revictual, victualer
Source: Wiktionary
Lu"cra*tive, a. Etym: [L. lucrativus, fr. lucrari to gain, fr. lucrum
gain: cf. F. lucratif. See Lucre.]
1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or
goods; as, a lucrative business or office.
The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at
a good rate. Bacon.
2. Greedy of gain [Obs.]
Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative lawyers do use, in
deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term.
Latimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition