lucrative

Meaning

1. Producing a surplus; profitable.
2. Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.

Synonyms

profitable

moneymaking

gainful

remunerative

beneficial

advantageous

rewarding

productive

interesting

quaint

curious

profitmaking

better

fertile

improvable

meritorious

opulent

paying

prolific

rich

🤑

roaring

Translations

lucratif

lucrativo

επικερδής

lukrativ

lucrativo

lucrativo

lucroso

redditizio

avantageux

einträglich

profitable

κερδοφόρος

winstgevend

provechoso

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: lucrar

In summary

Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“I gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.