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- [geyn-fuh l]
- /ˈgeɪn fəl/
- /ˈɡeɪn.fəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [geyn-fuh l]
- /ˈgeɪn fəl/
Definitions of gainful word
- adjective gainful profitable; lucrative: gainful employment. 1
- noun gainful Serving to increase wealth or resources. 1
- adjective gainful employment: paid 1
- adjective gainful If you are in gainful employment, you have a job for which you are paid. 0
- adjective gainful profitable; lucrative 0
- adjective gainful producing gain; profitable 0
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Origin of gainful
First appearance:
before 1545 One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1545-55; gain1 + -ful
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Parts of speech for Gainful
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gainful popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gainful
adj gainful
- advantageous — If something is advantageous to you, it is likely to benefit you.
- beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
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- fruitful — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- generous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
adjective gainful
- paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
Antonyms for gainful
adj gainful
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- useless — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
- unprofitable — being without profit; not showing or turning a profit: a series of unprofitable ventures.
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