lucrative
adjective /ˈluːkrətɪv/
/ˈluːkrətɪv/
- producing a large amount of money; making a large profit
- a lucrative business/contract/market
- Had the plan worked it would have proved highly lucrative.
Synonyms successfulsuccessful- profitable
- commercial
- lucrative
- economic
- successful making a lot of money, especially by being popular:
- The play was very successful on Broadway.
- The company has had another successful year.
- profitable making a profit:
- a highly profitable business
- commercial [only before noun] making or intended to make a profit:
- The movie was not a commercial success (= made no profit).
- lucrative (of business or work) producing or paying a large amount of money; making a large profit:
- They do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets.
- economic (often used in negative sentences) (of a process, business or activity) producing enough profit to continue:
- Small local shops stop being economic when a supermarket opens up nearby.
- a successful/profitable/lucrative business
- a successful/profitable/lucrative year
- a(n) commercial/economic success
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsc1- Many of the engineers left the service for more lucrative jobs abroad.
- The firm has a lucrative business contract with the Scottish Executive.
- They do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin lucrativus, from lucrat- ‘gained’, from the verb lucrari, from lucrum.