gainful C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈɡeɪnfəl/ UK /ˈɡeɪnfəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj providing money or profit; remunerative After months of searching he finally found gainful employment. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · providing money or profit;... profitablelucrativeremunerativeproductiverewardingfruitful ↔ Opposites unprofitablegainlessunrewarding Word family Derived forms gainfullygainfulness Related forms gain Etymology AI details From 'gain' (from Old French 'gaaigne' 'profit, advantage', of Germanic origin) plus the adjectival suffix '-ful'. gaaigne Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # 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 - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown