gainful

C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˈɡeɪnfəl/ UK /ˈɡeɪnfəl/ See IPA manual

adj

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1

adj
providing money or profit; remunerative

After months of searching he finally found gainful employment.

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1 adj · providing money or profit;... profitable lucrative remunerative productive rewarding fruitful

Opposites

unprofitable gainlessunrewarding

Word family

Derived forms gainfullygainfulness

Related forms gain

Etymology

From 'gain' (from Old French 'gaaigne' 'profit, advantage', of Germanic origin) plus the adjectival suffix '-ful'.

gaaigne Old French

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Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives

# gainful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈɡeɪnfəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈɡeɪnfəl

## Meanings
1. providing money or profit; remunerative

## Examples
- After months of searching he finally found gainful employment.

## Synonyms
- profitable
- lucrative
- remunerative
- productive
- rewarding
- fruitful

## Antonyms
- unprofitable
- gainless
- unrewarding

## Derived Forms
- gainfully
- gainfulness

## Related Forms
- gain

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gaaigne

## Etymology
From 'gain' (from Old French 'gaaigne' 'profit, advantage', of Germanic origin) plus the adjectival suffix '-ful'.

## AI Etymology
Gainful comes from 'gain' (from Old French 'gaaigne' 'profit, advantage', of Germanic origin) plus the adjectival suffix '-ful'. The etymological trail includes Old French gaaigne. As an adjective, gainful describes what is providing money or profit; remunerative. The same family is visible in derived forms such as gainfully and gainfulness and related forms such as gain. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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