lucrative

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #15039

Meanings

1

adj
Producing a lot of money; very profitable.

She left her job to start a lucrative business selling handmade jewellery.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · producing a lot of money;... profitable remunerative

Opposites

nonlucrative

Word family

Derived forms lucrativelylucrativenessunlucrative

Related forms lucrelucretialucretiuslucriferouslucrific

Etymology

Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.

lucrativus Latin *leh₂w- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# lucrative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 15039

## Meanings
1. Producing a lot of money; very profitable.

## Examples
- She left her job to start a lucrative business selling handmade jewellery.

## Antonyms
- nonlucrative

## Derived Forms
- lucratively
- lucrativeness
- unlucrative

## Related Forms
- lucre
- lucretia
- lucretius
- lucriferous
- lucrific

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lucrativus
- Root: *leh₂w-

## Etymology
Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.

## AI Etymology
Lucrative was borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative. In present-day English it covers producing a lot of money; very profitable. The historical chain runs through lucrativus (Latin) and *leh₂w- (Proto-Indo-European). Related and derived forms include lucre, lucretia, lucretius, and lucratively.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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