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lucrative

/ˈluː.kɹə.tɪv/ UK
/ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/ Canada, US
[ˈlu.kɹə.ɾɪv] Canada, US
/ˈlʉː.kɹə.tɪv/ Australia
[ˈlʉː.kɹə.ɾɪv] Australia

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French lucratif, from Latin lucrativus (“profitable”), from lucratus, past participle of lucror (“to gain”), from lucrum (“gain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“profit, gain”). Compare Spanish lucrar. By surface analysis, lucre + -ative.

adjective more lucrative · most lucrative

Producing a surplus; profitable. Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of fo
Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful. Command and Control centers and headquarters are strategically important and lucrative targets.

Opposite: nonlucrative

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: profitable, remunerative, moneymaking, money-making, rewarding, for-profit, efficient, not-for-profit, advantageous, worthwhile, beneficial, cost-efficient, cost-effective, charitable, valuable, prosperous

adjective

Opposite: nonlucrative

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adj producing a surplus

Español	lucrativo, lucroso
日本語	儲かる mōkaru
हिन्दी	लाभदायक lābhdāyak, लाभकारी lābhkārī, लाभकारक lābhkārak, लाभप्रद lābhaprad
Português	lucrativo
Français	lucratif
Deutsch	lukrativ, rentabel
Italiano	redditizio, remunerativo, profittevole
Ελληνικά	επικερδής epikerdís, κερδοφόρος kerdofóros, προσοδοφόρος prosodofóros
Română	lucrativ
Русский	при́быльный príbylʹnyj, окупа́емый okupájemyj, принося́щий при́быль prinosjáščij
עברית	רווחי rivḥi

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@misc{lucrative_2026,
  title = {lucrative},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lucrative},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}