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adjectiveprofitable; lucrative: gainful employment. Origin of gainfulFirst recorded in 1545–55; gain1 + -ful OTHER WORDS FROM gainfulgain·ful·ly, adverbgain·ful·ness, nounun·gain·ful, adjectiveun·gain·ful·ly, adverbWords nearby gainfulgaily, gain, gainer, Gaines, Gainesville, gainful, gaingiving, gain ground, gainings, gainless, gainly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gainfulCollege gives way to the greater demands of grad school, gainful employment, and career planning. Adult Women Are the New Face of ADHD|Rae Jacobson|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST What was our status in the business pursuits and gainful occupations at that time? Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence|Various Gainful corporations have no such power unless it has been granted by their charter or by statute. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles Be a judge's man; they are the bravest nowadays, or a cardinal's pander—that were a good profession, and gainful. A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15)|W. Carew Hazlitt
Again it is the devotee of mammon, in search of gainful traffic or golden fleece. The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen|B. F. De Costa The industrial woman should stand unqualifiedly for the exclusion of children from gainful pursuits. Mobilizing Woman-Power|Harriot Stanton Blatch
British Dictionary definitions for gainful
adjectiveprofitable; lucrativegainful employment Derived forms of gainfulgainfully, adverbgainfulness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gainfuladvantageous, beneficial, fat, fruitful, generous, good, in the black, lucrative, lush, moneymaking, remunerative, rewarding, rich, satisfying, substantial, sweet, useful, worthwhile, going, paid off |