LUCRATIVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LUCRATIVE?

Need another word that means the same as “lucrative”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “lucrative” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Lucrative” are: moneymaking, remunerative, profitable, gainful, paying, well paid, bankable, cost-effective

Lucrative as an Adjective

Definitions of "Lucrative" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lucrative” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Producing a sizeable profit.
• Producing a great deal of profit.

Synonyms of "Lucrative" as an adjective (8 Words)

bankable	Acceptable to or at a bank. Bankable funds.
cost-effective	Productive relative to the cost.
gainful	Serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit. He soon found gainful employment.
moneymaking	Producing a profit, especially with little effort; profitable. A moneymaking business.
paying	Yielding a fair profit. A paying job.
profitable	Beneficial; useful. He d had a profitable day.
remunerative	Financially rewarding; lucrative. Since June 2003 he has not had any remunerative employment.
well paid	Wise or advantageous and hence advisable.

Usage Examples of "Lucrative" as an adjective

• A lucrative career as a stand-up comedian.

Associations of "Lucrative" (30 Words)

advantageous	Involving or creating favourable circumstances that increase the chances of success or effectiveness; beneficial. We are in an advantageous position.
affluent	An affluent person a person who is financially well off. The so called emerging affluents.
alimony	Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated. He is said to have paid 300 000 alimony to his first wife.
beneficial	Promoting or enhancing well-being. The process was beneficial to both supplier and customer.
benefit	Derive a benefit from. The areas would benefit from regeneration.
bough	Any of the larger branches of a tree. Apple boughs laden with blossom.
business	Business concerns collectively. The tea business.
cash	Exchange for cash. She was always short of cash.
earnings	Income derived from an investment or product. Export earnings.
fecund	Producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly fertile. A fecund imagination.
fertile	Marked by great fruitfulness. Her fertile imagination.
flourishing	Developing rapidly and successfully; thriving. Flourishing businesses.
fruitful	(of a tree, plant, or land) producing much fruit; fertile. Be fruitful and multiply.
gainful	Serving to increase wealth or resources; providing money or other benefit. He soon found gainful employment.
helpful	Useful. People are friendly and helpful.
industrialist	Someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise. The exploitation of child labour by nineteenth century industrialists.
money	Sums of money. The college is very short of money.
paid	Marked by the reception of pay. A paid check.
pawnbroker	A person who lends money at interest in exchange for personal property that is deposited as security.
paying	For which money is paid. A paying job.
productive	(of a cough) that raises mucus from the respiratory tract. Many suffixes are common and productive.
profit	Make a profit gain money or materially. The only people to profit from the episode were the lawyers.
profitable	Beneficial; useful. He d had a profitable day.
prolific	(of an artist, author, or composer) producing many works. Flying foxes are extremely prolific.
remunerative	Financially rewarding; lucrative. Highly remunerative activities.
reward	Strengthen and support with rewards. The scout was rewarded for courageous action.
rich	Marked by richness and fullness of flavor. A rich gas mixture.
sinecure	A benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached. Political sinecures for the supporters of ministers.
successful	Having achieved fame, wealth, or social status. A successful actor.
wages	A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. The wages of sin is death.