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