Thesaurus: lucrative

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1. a. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office.
2. a. Greedy of gain.
3. adj. producing a sizeable profit
4. 1. Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office. The trade of merchandise being the most lucrative, may bear usury at a good rate. Bacon. 2. Greedy of gain [Obs.] Such diligence as the most part of our lucrative lawyers do use, in deferring and prolonging of matters and actions from term to term. Latimer.
5. j:100 s. producing a sizeable profit