English Explanatory Dictionary

lucrative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Producing a surplus; profitable.
  2. Of a target: worth attacking; whose destruction is militarily useful.

Pronunciation

/ˈlu.kɹə.tɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lucrative.wav

Word forms

lucrative more lucrative most lucrative

Etymology

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.

Antonyms

nonlucrative

Related words

lucre Lucretia Lucretius lucriferous lucrific

Derived words

lucratively lucrativeness unlucrative
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