Advantageous definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ADVANTA'GEOUS, a. Being of ... opportunity to gain benefit; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position of the troops; trade is advantageous to a nation. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" [ant: disadvantageous] 2: appropriate for achieving a ... Webster's adjective Date: 1593 giving an advantage ; favorable < an advantageous opportunity > • advantageously adverb • advantageousness noun Webster's 1913 Dictionary ...
... practical or prudent motives. expedient usually implies what is immediately advantageous without regard for ethics or consistent principles < a politically expedient ... of interest >. advisable applies to what is practical, prudent, or advantageous but lacks the derogatory implication of expedient and politic < sometimes ... Synonyms: see resource Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. & n. --adj. 1 advantageous; advisable on practical rather than moral grounds. 2 suitable, appropriate ... proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right. It is expedient for you that ... suitable, advisable, desirable (in view of an end proposed). 2. Advantageous, profitable, useful, for one's advantage, for one's interest ... resource, resort, contrivance, means. Moby Thesaurus action, ad hoc measure, advantageous, advisable, agency, answer, applicable, appropriate, apropos, art, artful dodge, ...
... and plenty of food are favorable to population. 4. Convenient; advantageous; affording means to facilitate, or affording facilities. The low price ... a favorable impression > 3. a. tending to promote or facilitate ; advantageous < a favorable wind > b. marked by success • favorableness noun • favorably ... involved are approving or helpful or that the circumstances are advantageous < favorable weather conditions >. auspicious applies to something taken as a ... lxxxv. 1. 2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. A place very favorable for the making levies of ... willing, well disposed, propitions, auspicious. 2. Conducive, contributing, propitious. 3. Advantageous, beneficial, auspicious, convenient, suitable, adapted, fit. Moby Thesaurus accommodating, accommodative, accordant, acquiescent, advantageous, advisable, advocating, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alacritous, amenable, amiable, amicable, ...
Beneficial definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BENEFI'CIAL, a. Advantageous; conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; contributing to a valuable end ... legacy > • beneficially adverb • beneficialness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 advantageous; having benefits. 2 Law relating to the use or benefit ... e]ficial, LL. beneficialis.] 1. Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to. The ... n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Useful, profitable, advantageous, helpful, serviceable, salutary, wholesome, favorable, good for one's advantage ... for one's good, for one's interest. Moby Thesaurus advantageous, aidful, appropriate, auspicious, banausic, benevolent, benign, bon, bonny, bracing, braw ...
... trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. 1. Useful; advantageous. What was so profitable to the empire, became fatal to ... Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 14th century affording profits ; yielding advantageous returns or results • profitability noun • profitableness noun • profitably adverb Oxford ... Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study ... v Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Gainful, advantageous, productive, beneficial, useful, desirable. 2. Lucrative, remunerative. Moby Thesaurus advantageous, advisable, aidful, appropriate, auspicious, banausic, becoming, befitting, beneficial, benevolent, bon ...
... was seen to advantage). turn to advantage benefit from. Derivatives: advantageous adj. advantageously adv. Etymology: ME f. OF avantage, avantager f ... in a bad sense) to overreach, to outwit. Syn: Advantage, Advantageous, Benefit, Beneficial. Usage: We speak of a thing as a ... We speak of a thing as an advantage, or as advantageous, when it affords us the means of getting forward, and ... the advantages of early education; between a beneficial and an advantageous investment of money. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Advantage Ad*van ... profit, advantage, or the like, to be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the while. To turn under, to bend ...
... a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal] 2: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock ... something acquired by or as if by bargaining; especially an advantageous purchase < at that price the car is a bargain > 3 ... A purchase; also ( when not qualified), a gainful transaction; an advantageous purchase; as, to buy a thing at a bargain. 4 ... Moby Thesaurus abatement of differences, accommodation, accord, act between, adjustment, advantageous purchase, advise with, agree, agree to, agreement, allow for, anticipate ...
... a hundred dollars > < always good for a laugh > (6) profitable, advantageous < made a very good deal > c. (1) agreeable, pleasant < had ... see MIND. have the goods on a person sl. have advantageous information about a person. have a good time enjoy oneself ... Walker Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. a. 1. Advantageous, beneficial, useful, profitable, serviceable. 2. Suitable, fit, proper, convenient, well ... to Hoyle, ace, actual, adept, adequate, admirable, admissible, adroit, advantage, advantageous, advisable, affable, affectionate, agreeable, all right, all-knowing, all-powerful ...
... that promotes happiness, interest, advantage or any good; useful; beneficial; advantageous. Rulers may be very serviceable to religion by their example ... to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. ``Serviceable to religion and learning''. --Atterbury. ``Serviceable tools.'' --Macaulay. I ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Useful, helpful, profitable, advantageous, convenient, beneficial, available, operative. 2. Active, diligent, officious. Moby Thesaurus advantageous, agential, agentival, agentive, aidful, aiding, appropriate, assisting, banausic, beneficial, commodious ...
... better house, a better air, a better harvest. 2. More advantageous. Were it not better for us to return to Egypt ... of better. In general,it implies what is more excellent, advantageous, useful, or virtuous, than something else. BET'TER, v.t ... worsened] 3: (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be better to speak to ... more attractive, favorable, or commendable < in better circumstances > 4. more advantageous or effective < a better solution > 5. improved in accuracy or ...
... well that ends well" [syn: good, well] 3: wise or advantageous and hence advisable; "it would be well to start early ... desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the ... 2. Fortunate, happy. 3. Profitable, convenient, beneficial, expedient, good, useful, advantageous, for one's advantage, for one's interest. 4. Favored ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AVA'ILABLE, a. 1. Profitable; advantageous; having efficacy; as, a measure is more or less available ... being used for the accomplishment of a purpose; usable; profitable; advantageous; convertible into a resource; as, an available measure; an available ... of, to be turned to account. 2. Serviceable, useful, profitable, advantageous, beneficial. 3. Suitable or fit (for some purpose), likely to ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: constituting a disadvantage [ant: advantageous] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1603 1. constituting a disadvantage ... disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack ... the most disadvantageous possible way for the western powers. = unfavourable ? advantageous ADJ: oft ADJ to/for n Soule's Dictionary of ...