profitableness C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈprɑfɪtəbəlnəs/ UK /ˈprɒfɪtəbəlnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of yielding financial gain or benefit The board questioned the long-term profitableness of the venture. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of yielding... profitabilitylucrativenessremunerativenessgainfulness ↔ Opposites unprofitablenessworthlessness Word family Related forms profitableprofitprofitably Etymology AI details From profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress') + the suffixes -able and -ness. profectus Latin proficere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # profitableness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈprɑfɪtəbəlnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈprɒfɪtəbəlnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of yielding financial gain or benefit ## Examples - The board questioned the long-term profitableness of the venture. ## Synonyms - profitability - lucrativeness - remunerativeness - gainfulness ## Antonyms - unprofitableness - worthlessness ## Related Forms - profitable - profit - profitably ## Roots and Affixes - Root: profectus - Root: proficere ## Etymology From profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress') + the suffixes -able and -ness. ## AI Etymology Profitableness is from profitable (from profit, from Latin profectus 'progress, profit', from proficere 'to make progress') + the suffixes -able and -ness. Important recorded forms include profectus (Latin) and proficere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers the quality of yielding financial gain or benefit. The wider family includes related words such as profitable, profit, and profitably. ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown