Economic
Economic adjective - Yielding a profit.
Usage example: unfortunately, raising employees' salaries would not be economic—the business would have to fold
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Synonyms for Economic
Profitable is a synonym for economic in business-related topic. In some cases you can use "Profitable" instead an adjective "Economic".
Profitable
Profitable adjective - Yielding a profit.
Usage example: selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
Economic is a synonym for profitable in beneficial topic. You can use "Economic" instead an adjective "Profitable".
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Related pairs
- valuable and economic
- valuable and profitable
- advantageous and economic
- advantageous and profitable
- effective and economic
- effective and profitable
- paying and economic
- paying and profitable
- lucrative and economic
- lucrative and profitable
- remunerative and economic
- remunerative and profitable
- productive and economic
- productive and profitable
Both words in one sentence
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As the Industrial Revolution picked up speed, the economic sideshows of industry and commerce turned out to be far more profitable than agriculture ever could or would be.
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