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Definition: Profitable |
ProfitableAdjective1. Yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market". 2. Promoting benefit or gain; "a profitable meeting to resolve difficulties". 3. Providing profit; "a profitable conversation". 4. Productive of profit; "a profitable enterprise"; "a fruitful meeting". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "profitable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, adjective. [French expression profitable.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Economics | One says this of a project that yields in total more benefits than costs. It is usually applies to financial returns. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| PRIDE | English | PRofitable Information by DEsign | Computer - (IRM) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: ProfitableSynonym: fruitful (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unprofitable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Be profitable; Adjective: pay, answer. |
Adjective: acquiring, acquired; Verb: profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative. | |
Inexpedience | Beneficial, valuable, of value; serviceable; (useful); advantageous, edifying, profitable; salutary; (healthful). |
Productiveness | Parturient; (producing); profitable; (useful). |
Receipt | Adjective: receiving, received; Verb: profitable; (gainful). |
Utility | Advantageous; (beneficial); profitable, gainful, remunerative, worth one's salt; valuable; prolific; (productive). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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 | Members of the Randolph Air Force Base recycling center bale cardboard as part of the base's profitable recycling efforts. Air Education and Training Command is cashing in on trash, becoming the first federal agency to enter into a cooperative partnership. |  | Walter Bennett's mill, continuous operation for over 100 years. This mill has not been profitable for the past twenty years because the area is being abandoned by farmers. Chaneysville, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Carlyle | Biography is the most universally pleasant and profitable of all reading. |
Edward Gibbon | Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive. |
H.c. Trumbull | A loving trust in the Author of the Bible is the best preparation for a wise and profitable study of the Bible itself. |
Plato | Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. |
Seneca | No book can be so good as to be profitable when negligently read. |
Stanislaw J. Lec | Never lie when the truth is more profitable. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | My master, finding how profitable I was likely to be, resolved to carry me to the most considerable cities of the kingdom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Be wary of cure claims from profitable companies that cannot product sound scientific data on the efficacy of their products. (references) | |
The access process starts with a drug sponsor, a pharmaceutical company or a research scientist at a university or at NIH, seeking to develop a new drug it hopes will find a useful and/or profitable place in the market. (references) | ||
Business | It is one of the most profitable sectors of the Polish economy. (references) | |
These offer the best possibility for sustained profitable sales. (references) | ||
This is a service that is missing and would no doubt be profitable. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Moldova | Independent media and journalists' unions, many of which are not financially self-supporting, feared that they would lose their space to more profitable non-media enterprises. (references) |
Russia | Although the formal link between the Government and TV-6 does not extend beyond a 16-percent government stake in energy giant Lukoil, in the view of most independent observers the timing of the suit (brought precisely when TV-6 was becoming profitable), the unusually expeditious handling by the courts, the actual court rulings, and the speed with which the Government rushed to implement and enforce those decisions all point to the suit's non-commercial motives. (references) | |
Ukraine | Private newspapers have been established and are free to function on a purely commercial basis, although very few are profitable. (references) | |
Economic History | Kenya | However, during the 1980's, the government used its authority on occasion to compel foreigners to sell a portion of profitable companies to political insiders. (references) |
Georgia | An unfortunate trend has emerged in which foreign investors become involved in disputes with local partners after their enterprise becomes profitable. (references) | |
Georgia | A recent history of poor detection and weak enforcement of laws has made non-transparency in the regulatory system profitable for a few powerful players. (references) | |
Political Economy | THAILAND | Wages in profitable export industries often exceed the legal minimum. (references) |
COLOMBIA | The 50 percent government-owned share of the Carbocol coal mining company was privatized in October 2000. The Pastrana administration's plans to privatize the remaining profitable public enterprises, including the Bogota Telephone Company (ETB), the electricity transmission company (ISA), and the electricity generating company (ISAGEN), plus 14 electric distributors, have been postponed repeatedly. (references) | |
Hungary | Nonetheless, Hungary is providing U.S. companies that establish value-added production investments in the country with an excellent platform for easier product entry into profitable Western European markets. (references) | |
Trade | Pakistan | Unlike most multilateral institutions, the IFC does not accept government guarantees for its financing; it attempts to price its finance and service in line with the market, shares full project risks with its partners, and seeks profitable returns. (references) |
Ukraine | Implementation of economic restructuring of the coal sector including corporatization, price, trade and export liberalization, decommissioning of unprofitable mines and investment into profitable corporatized mines, social mitigation. (references) | |
Russia | However, the volume and value of transactions using this technique have yet to attain levels which are either profitable or self-sustaining. (references) | |
Travel | Ghana | Crime continues to be a profitable growth industry in Ghana, especially in the metropolitan areas of Accra, Tema and Kumasi. (references) |
Egypt | But most foreign companies, once established with a base here, find the Egyptian market a worthwhile and profitable place to do business. (references) | |
Egypt | It may take a year or more, but in the end, it is usually profitable. (references) | |
Women | Cote d'Ivoire | These criteria include such elements as title to a house and production of profitable cash crops, specifically coffee and cocoa. (references) |
Russia | Women also tend to work in industries where market reforms remain weak and wages low, such as the textile and defense sectors, while men increasingly are taking jobs in the fast-growing, more profitable financial and credit sectors where wages are substantially higher. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Despite Government efforts to crack down on trafficking in women and children, the present demand far outstrips the available supply, making trafficking a profitable enterprise for those willing to risk arrest and prosecution. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TREE, n. A tall vegetable intended by nature to serve as a penal apparatus, though through a miscarriage of justice most trees bear only a negligible fruit, or none at all. When naturally fruited, the tree is a beneficient agency of civilization and an important factor in public morals. In the stern West and the sensitive South its fruit (white and black respectively) though not eaten, is agreeable to the public taste and, though not exported, profitable to the general welfare. That the legitimate relation of the tree to justice was no discovery of Judge Lynch (who, indeed, conceded it no primacy over the lamp-post and the bridge-girder) is made plain by the following passage from Morryster, who antedated him by two centuries: While in yt londe I was carried to see ye Ghogo tree, whereof I had hearde moch talk; but sayynge yt I saw naught remarkabyll in it, ye hed manne of ye villayge where it grewe made answer as followeth: "Ye tree is not nowe in fruite, but in his seasonne you shall see dependynge fr. his braunches all soch as have affroynted ye King his Majesty." And I was furder tolde yt ye worde "Ghogo" sygnifyeth in yr tong ye same as "rapscal" in our owne. Trauvells in ye Easte |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | An extensive and profitable commerce has greatly augmented our revenue. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | A value was soon attached to the gold coins which made their exportation to foreign countries as a mercantile commodity more profitable than their retention and use at home as money. |
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| "Profitable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.85% of the time. "Profitable" is used about 1,360 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.85% | 1,358 | 5,860 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.15% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,360 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "profitable". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Onesimus | N/A | Biblical | Profitable |
| Onesime | N/A | French | Profitable |
| Anisim | N/A | Russian | Profitable |
| Onisim | N/A | Russian | Profitable |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "profitable": be profitable ♦ hardly profitable ♦ profitable business. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "profitable": non-profitable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "profitable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me përfitim (profitably), i leverdishëm (advantageous, favorable, favourable, gainful), i dobishëm (beneficent, beneficial, effective, good, handy, helpful, instrumental, pay, salutary, serviceable, subservient, useful, wholesome), fitimprurës (gainful, lucrative, payable, remunerative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مفيد (advantageous, available, beneficial, gainful, helpful, of use, purposive, salutary, serviceable, stead, useful, wholesome), مكسب (jackpot, lucrative, profit), مثمر (fertile, fructiferous, fruitful, juicy, lucrative, plenteous, productive, profitably, prolific, yielding), مربح (advantageous, available, fat, gainful, grist to the mill, lucrative, productive, remunerative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | от полза (avail, useful), полезен (advantageous, beneficial, good, handy, helpful, salutary, serviceable, useful, wholesome), изгоден (advantageous, creamy, expedient, favorable, favourable, gainful, good, inexpensive, lucrative, paying, plummy, remunerative), износен (burnt-out, inexpensive, napless, old, outworn, scruffy, shabby, shiny, threadbare, well worn, worn out), доходен (bonanza, fat, gainful, juicy, lucrative, payable, paying, plummy, remunerative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 裨 (advantageous, assistant, small, to aid, to benefit), 有益, 有利可圖 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | výnosný (gainful, good, lucrative, opulent, paying, productive, remunerative), výhodný (advantageous, expedient, favorable, favourable, paying, useful), užiteèný (beneficial, good, handy, helpful, salutary, subservient, useful, valuable, worthwhile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rentabelt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rendabel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مفید (Beneficial, Effect, Good, Instrumental, Remedial, Useful), سوداور, سودبخش . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kannattava (paying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rentable (profitably, profit-making). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorteilhaft (advantageous, advantagious, beneficial, favorable, favorably, favourable, favourably, flattering, flatteringly, gainful, lucrative, useful), nutzbringend (useful), gewinnbringend (economic, gainfully, lucrative, moneymaking, profitably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επικερδής. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משתלם (lucrative), מכ יס (bringing in, gainful, lucrative, paying, rewarding), "כ סי, בר 'מול (remunerative), רוחי, ושא רוחים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nyereséges, jövedelmezõ (gainful, lucrative), hasznos (advantageous, be of service, beneficial, conducive, effective, expedient, helpful, instrumental, remunerative, salutary, serviceable, subservient, to stand in good stead, useful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menguntungkan (advantageous, benefit, gainful), berkat (blessing, dint, thanks to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lucroso (gainful, lucrative), lucrativo (lucrative, profitably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 有益 (beneficial), 有利 (advantageous, better, lucrative), ぼりぼり食べる (crumbling, to eat with a munching or crunching sound, worn out), 割の良い (advantageous, paying, remunerative), 優利 (advantageous, better, lucrative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼろい , わりのいい (advantageous, paying, remunerative), ゆうり (advantageous, better, isolation, lucrative, red light district, separation), ゆうえき (beneficial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 리한 (Advantageous, Beneficial, lucrative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | vondeishagh (advantageous, beneficial, expedient, gainful, lucrative, utilitarian), foaysagh (regenerating, valuable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ofitablepray rentável. (various references) profitabil (advantageous, fat, fruitful, gainful, lucrative, payable, paying, rewarding), util (available, helpful, serviceable, sound, subservient, useful, usefully), rentabil (advantageous, commercial, economic, gainful, non-deficient, payable, paying, remunerative, rewarding), folositor (advantageous, beneficial, effective, expedient, gainful, helpful, instrumental, of use, purposeful, salutary, serviceable, sound, subservient, suitable, useful, wholesome), avantajos (advantageous, advantageously, eligible, fat, favorable, favourable, gainful, lucrative). (various references) прибыльный (commercial, gainful, lucrative, profit, profit taking). (various references) tairbheartach (beneficial), buannachdail (beneficial). (various references) unosan (fat, gainful, lucrative, paying, remunerative), koristan (adjuvant, conducive, helpful, useful, valuable, worthy). (various references) rentable (economic, economical, moneymaking, paying, profitably, profit-earning, profit-making). (various references) lönande (economic, economical, gainful, lucrative, paying, remunerative, worth while, worth-while), inbringande (lucrative, moneymaking), fördelaktig (advantageous, expedient, favorable, favourable, juicy, propitious). (various references) yararlı (advantageous, beneficial, benign, benignant, efficacious, good, handy, healthful, healthy, helpful, of use, salubrious, salutary, sanative, sanatory, subservient, useful, wholesome), kazançlı (beneficial, fat, fruitful, gainful, lucrative, paying, productive, prosperous, remunerative, yielding), kârlı (advantageous, beneficial, commercial, fat, gainful, juicy, lucrative, payable, paying, productive, profit-bringing, rewarding), faydalı (advantageous, beneficial, benignant, favorable, favourable, helpful, of use, rewarding, salutary, serviceable, useful, utilitarian, utility, valuable). (various references) gazanзly, dьюewьntli. (various references) сприятливий (accessory, advantageous, auspicious, benefic, benign, bright, conducive, conducive to, congenial, contributory, favorable, favourable, fortunate, kindly, opportune, propitious, prosperous, subservient, white), рентабельний (paying, utility, workable), корисний (adjuvant, advantageous, available, beneficial, conducive, effective, gainful, helpful, of avail, practicable, rewarding, serviceable, useful, valuable, wholesome), прибутковий (gainful, lucrative, payable). (various references) mang lợi (fruitful, money-making), có lợi (advantageous, fat, furthersome, gainful, lucrative, remunerative), có ích sinh lãi. (various references) proffidiol, llesol (advantageous, beneficial), buddiol (advisable, beneficial, useful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | facundia, lucrosus, quaestuosus questuosus, utile, utilem, utiles, utilia, utilior, utiliora, utilis, utilium. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | prode. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | WV ouden upesteilamhn twn sumferontwn tou mh anaggeilai umin kai didaxai umaV dhmosia kai kat oikouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quomodo nihil subtraxerim utilium quo minus adnuntiarem vobis et docerem vos publice et per domos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Hou Y withdrowe not of profitable thingis to you, that Y telde not to you, and tauyte you opynli, and bi housis; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And how I kept backe no thinge that was profitable: but that I have shewed you and taught you openly and at home in youre houses |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And how I kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have shown you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately, |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 20 |
| Albanian | dhe si unë nuk fsheha asnjë nga ato gjëra që ishin të dobishme për ju, por jua shpalla juve dhe jua mësova botërisht dhe nëpër shtëpi, |
| Cebuano | nga wala ako maglilong sa bisan unsa nga inyong kaayohan, nga nagpanudlo kaninyo sa atubangan sa kadaghanan ug diha sa inyong kabalayan, |
| Croatian | ništa korisno nisam propustio navijestiti vam i nauèiti vas - javno i po kuæama; |
| Danish | hvorledes jeg ikke har unddraget mig fra at forkynde eder noget som helst af det, som kunde være til Gavn, og at lære eder offentligt og i Husene, |
| Dutch | Hoe ik niets achtergehouden heb van hetgeen nuttig was, dat ik u niet zou verkondigd en u geleerd hebben, in het openbaar en bij de huizen; |
| Finnish | kuinka minä en ole vetäytynyt pois julistamasta teille sitä, mikä hyödyllistä on, ja opettamasta teitä sekä julkisesti että huone huoneelta, |
| French | Vous savez que je n`ai rien caché de ce qui vous était utile, et que je n`ai pas craint de vous prêcher et de vous enseigner publiquement et dans les maisons, |
| German | wie ich nichts verhalten habe, das da nützlich ist, daß ich's euch nicht verkündigt hätte und euch gelehrt, öffentlich und sonderlich; |
| Haitian Creole | Nou konnen mwen pa janm kache nou anyen ki ta ka sèvi nou, mwen te fè nou konnen tout bagay, mwen te moutre nou tout bagay, kit an piblik kit lakay nou. |
| Hungarian | Hogy semmitõl sem vonogattam magamat, a mi hasznos, hogy hirdessem néktek, és tanítsalak titeket nyilvánosan és házanként, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saudara tahu bahwa saya tidak segan-segan memberitahukan kepada kalian apa yang berguna bagimu. Saya mengajar kalian di pertemuan-pertemuan umum dan di rumah-rumah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka daripada segala perkara yang berfaedah kepadamu suatu pun tiada aku sembunyikan, melainkan aku memberitakan kepadamu, serta mengajar kamu di hadapan orang banyak dan di dalam rumah-rumah, |
| Latvian | Arî neko noderîgu neesmu noklusçjis, bet esmu jums sludinâjis un jûs mâcîjis atklâtîbâ un mâjâs, |
| Maori | Kihai i puritia e ahau tetahi o nga mea pai; i whakakitea atu ano ki a koutou, i akona nuitia ki a koutou, i tenei whare, i tenei whare; |
| Norwegian | hvorledes jeg ikke holdt tilbake noget av det som kunde være eder til gagn, men forkynte eder det og lærte eder det offentlig og i husene, |
| Portuguese | como não me esquivei de vos anunciar coisa alguma que útil seja, ensinando-vos publicamente e de casa em casa, |
| Rumanian | Wtiyi cq n`am ascuns nimic din ce vq era de folos, wi nu m`am temut sq vq propovqduiesc wi sq vq knvqy knaintea norodului wi kn case, |
| Russian | ЛБЛ С ОЕ ТП ХУФЙМ ОЙЮЕЗП ПМЕЪОПЗП, П ЮЕН ЧБН ОЕ ТП ПЧЕ"ЩЧБМ 'Щ Й ЮЕНХ ОЕ ХЮЙМ 'Щ ЧБУ ЧУЕОБТП"ОП Й П "ПНБН, |
| Shuar | Ashí pénker ana nu nekaatarum tusan mijiatrutsuk jintintiamjarme. Iruntramarmena nui tura ankant ankant Atumí jeen pujumarmena nuisha Yus-Chichaman ujakmajrume, Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Y sabéis que no he rehuido el anunciaros nada que os fuese útil, y el enseñaros públicamente y de casa en casa, |
| Swahili | Mnajua kwamba sikusita hata kidogo kuwahubiria hadharani na nyumbani mwenu na kuwafundisha chochote ambacho kingewasaidieni. |
| Swedish | Och I veten att jag icke har dragit mig undan, när det gällde något som kunde vara eder nyttigt, och att jag icke har försummat att offentligen och hemma i husen predika för eder och undervisa eder. |
| Uma | Ni'inca moto ompi' ka'uma-ku koro' mpo'uli' -kokoi napa-napa to mokalaua. Kutudui' -koi ompi', lompe' bula-ni moromu lompe' hi tomi-ni moto. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "profitable": profitableness, profitablenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "profitable": unprofitable. (additional references) | |
Words containing "profitable": unprofitableness, unprofitablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Profitable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: profiable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "profitable" (pronounced prÄ"futubul) |
| 10 | p r Ä" f u t u b u l | unprofitable. |
| 7 | -f u t u b u l | forfeitable. |
| 6 | -u t u b u l | attributable, charitable, creditable, disreputable, equitable, habitable, heritable, imitable, indomitable, inequitable, inevitable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, irritable, marketable, palatable, reputable, uninhabitable, unpalatable, veritable. |
| 5 | -t u b u l | acceptable, accountable, adaptable, adjustable, adoptable, collectible, comfortable, compatible, constable, contemptible, contestable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, debatable, deductible, delectable, detectable, digestible, discountable, eatable, electable, excitable, exportable, forgettable, harvestable, hospitable, immutable, imperceptible, implantable, incompatible, incontrovertible, indestructible, indisputable, inexhaustible, inflatable, injectable, inscrutable, insupportable, insurmountable, interruptible, intractable, investable, irrefutable, irresistible, lamentable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, notable, patentable, perceptible, portable, potable, predictable, presentable, preventable, printable, prosecutable, quotable, redoubtable, regrettable, rentable, repeatable, reportable, resettable, respectable, retractable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, susceptible, tractable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unbeatable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, undetectable, unelectable, unforgettable, unpredictable, unprintable, unsuitable, unsupportable, vegetable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, accessible, achievable, actionable, addressable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, classifiable, collapsible, Combinable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, consumable, controllable, credible, crucible, culpable, curable, defensible, definable, degradable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, determinable, developable, disagreeable, discernible, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, edible, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, hon, honorable, horrible, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, impermissible, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indispensable, indistinguishable, indivisible, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inescapable, inexcusable, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflexible, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, intolerable, invaluable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palpable, parable, passable, payable, peaceable, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, possible, practicable, preferable, probable, programmable, provable, punishable, questionable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, reducible, refundable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, repairable, repayable, replaceable, reprehensible, resealable, responsible, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, survivable, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, tunable, typeable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbelievable, unbuildable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, venerable, verifiable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-i-l-o-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: biforate, fireboat, floatier, laborite, lifeboat, partible, petiolar, portable. | |
-3 letters: barefit, bipolar, bloater, filbert, firepot, fleapit, floater, foliate, friable, librate, loftier, orbital, parboil, peloria, piefort, plaiter, platier, poitrel, politer, potable, preboil, probate, profile, prolate, refloat, ropable, trefoil, triable. | |
-4 letters: albeit, albite, aplite, bailer, bailor, baiter, barite, boatel, boater, boiler, boleti, bolter, borate, boreal, fabler. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-f-i-l-o-p-r-t" | |
+2 letters: unprofitable. | |
+4 letters: performability, profitableness. | |
+5 letters: profitabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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