Synonyms for gainful

Grammar : Adj

Spell : geyn-fuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪn fəl

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Définition of gainful

Origin : 1540s (implied in gainfully), from gain + -ful. Phrase gainfully employed attested from 1796.

adj very productive, profitable

Example sentences :

One needs only to point out to them that the pursuit is gainful, and their interest is aroused.
Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon

What was our status in the business pursuits and gainful occupations at that time?
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

The pursuit of gainful effort is as old as the existence of man on earth.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

His gainful pursuit was that of being a commercial traveller.
Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb

Now Harald has got him east away, And each morrow of fight was a gainful day.
Extract from : « Poems by the Way » by William Morris

More and more, however, individuals made their way in gainful occupations.
Extract from : « Your Negro Neighbor » by Benjamin Brawley

The generality of white women in New York, wives of laboring men, infrequently engage in gainful occupations.
Extract from : « Half a Man » by Mary White Ovington

Said the Sea-eagle: “Abide the wearing of another hour, and come and tell me again, and then I may have a gainful word for thee.”
Extract from : « The Story of the Glittering Plain » by William Morris

The number of people in 1910 in what is called "gainful occupations" has not as yet been compiled by the Census Bureau.
Extract from : « The Business of Being a Woman » by Ida M. Tarbell

Be a judge's man; they are the bravest nowadays, or a cardinal's pander—that were a good profession, and gainful.
Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) » by W. Carew Hazlitt

Antonyms for gainful

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