advantageous as an adjective: - 1
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advantageous
adjective
1 advantageous
Giving an advantage:
— A contract advantageous to our country.
— Socially advantageous to entertain often.
synonyms: favorable, favourable.
Roget 775:
acquiring,
acquired
etc.
v.;
profitable,
advantageous,
gainful,
remunerative,
paying,
lucrative.
Roget 644:
useful;
of use
etc.
n.;
serviceable,
proficuous†,
good for;
subservient
etc.
(instrumental)
631;
conducive
etc.
(tending)
176;
subsidiary
etc.
(helping)
707.
advantageous
etc.
(beneficial)
648;
profitable,
gainful,
remunerative,
worth one's salt;
valuable;
prolific
etc.
(productive)
168.
adequate;
efficient,
efficacious;
effective,
effectual;
expedient
etc.
646.
applicable,
available,
ready,
handy,
at hand,
tangible;
commodious,
adaptable;
of all work.
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Roget 648:
harmless,
hurtless†;
unobnoxious†,
innocuous,
innocent,
inoffensive.
beneficial,
valuable,
of value;
serviceable
etc.
(useful)
644;
advantageous,
edifying,
profitable;
salutary
etc.
(healthful)
656.
favorable;
propitious
etc.
(hope-giving)
858;
fair.
good,
good as gold;
excellent;
better;
superior
etc.
33;
above par;
nice,
fine;
genuine
etc.
(true)
494.
best,
choice,
select,
picked,
elect,
recherche,
rare,
priceless;
unparagoned†,
unparalleled
etc.
(supreme)
33;
superlatively
etc.
33;
good;
bully [Slang],
crackajack [Slang],
giltedged;
superfine,
superexcellent†;
of the first water;
first-rate,
first-class;
high-wrought,
exquisite,
very best,
crack,
prime,
tiptop,
capital,
cardinal;
standard
etc.
(perfect)
650;
inimitable.
admirable,
estimable;
praiseworthy
etc.
(approve)
931;
pleasing
etc.
829;
couleur de rose [Fr.],
precious,
of great price;
costly
etc.
(dear)
814;
worth its weight in gold,
worth a Jew's eye;
priceless,
invaluable,
inestimable,
precious as the apple of the eye.
tolerable
etc.
(not very good)
651;
up to the mark,
unexceptionable,
unobjectionable;
satisfactory,
tidy.
in good condition,
in fair condition;
fresh;
sound
etc.
(perfect)
650.
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2 advantageous
Appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness.
Moby thesaurus: acceptable, advisable, agreeable, appropriate, auspicious, banausic, becoming, befitting, beneficial, benevolent, bon, bonny, brave, braw, breadwinning, bueno, capital, cogent, commendable, commodious, conducive, congruous, contributory, convenient, decent, desirable, elegant, employable, estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, famous, fat, favorable, favoring, feasible, felicitous, fine, fit, fitten, fitting, fructuous, functional, gainful, good, good for, goodly, grand, happy, healthy, helpful, in the black, instrumental, kind, laudable, likely, lucrative, meet, moneymaking, nice, noble, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, opportune, paying, pleasant, pleasing, politic, practical, pragmatical, productive, profitable, proper, propitious, recommendable, regal, remedial, remunerative, right, royal, salutary, satisfactory, satisfying, seasonable, seemly, serviceable, skillful, sortable, sound, splendid, suitable, timely, to be desired, toward, useful, utilitarian, valid, valuable, very good, virtuous, well-paying, well-timed, wise, worthwhile ... show more.
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