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Remunerative

Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business.

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Similar meaning 4

Paid 84% connected

Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Paid 84% connected

Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Profitable 84% connected

Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a pr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Profitable 84% connected

Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a pr…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Remunerate 74% connected

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Remunerate 74% connected

To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 4

Lucrative 92% connected

Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Paying 92% connected

of Pay

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Salaried 92% connected

Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stipendiary 92% connected

Receiving wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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