| a. | 1. | Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; |
| Adj. | 1. | profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market" Antonyms: unprofitable - producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable" |
| 2. | profitable - promoting benefit or gain; "a profitable meeting to resolve difficulties" | |
| 3. | profitable - providing profit; "a profitable conversation" | |
| 4. | profitable - productive of profit; "a profitable enterprise"; "a fruitful meeting" Synonyms: fruitful |