GAINFULNESS Synonyms

• the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

• (tennis) first point scored after deuce

• benefit resulting from some event or action

• give an advantage to

• financial assistance in time of need

• something that aids or promotes well-being

• a performance to raise money for a charitable cause

• derive a benefit from

• be beneficial for

• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

• something that remunerates

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

• a large amount of wealth or prosperity

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

• a quantity that is added

• the advantageous quality of being beneficial

• the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

• the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating

• obtain

• win something through one's efforts

• derive a benefit from

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• rise in rate or price

• increase or develop

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• increase (one's body weight)

• the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time

• an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

• the condition of prospering; having good fortune

• an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

• an attainment that is successful

• a state of prosperity or fame

• a person with a record of successes

• the quality of being of practical use

• a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

• the quality of being of practical use

• the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility

• (economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice

• (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer

• a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal

• used of beef; usable but inferior

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

• the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable

• the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else

• relative darkness or lightness of a color

• (music) the relative duration of a musical note

• an ideal accepted by some individual or group

• fix or determine the value of; assign a value to

• hold dear

• regard highly; think much of

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• estimate the value of

• French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the bustle (1825-1895)

• an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

• the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful

• (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way

• having a specified value

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

• a coming to or returning home

• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

• getting something back again

• the act of going back to a prior location

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• happening again (especially at regular intervals)

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

• a reciprocal group action

• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

• the act of someone appearing again

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

• give back

• go back to a previous state

• go back to something earlier

• bring back to the point of departure

• return in kind

• make a return

• answer back

• be restored

• pay back

• pass down

• elect again

• be inherited by

• return to a previous position; in mathematics

• give or supply

• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

• the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit

• the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome

• the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit