adj. 25B6; adjective
a profitable company : MONEYMAKING, profit-making, commercial, successful, money-spinning, solvent, in the black, gainful, remunerative, financially rewarding, paying, lucrative, bankable.
profitable study : BENEFICIAL, useful, advantageous, valuable, productive, worthwhile; rewarding, fruitful, illuminating, informative, well spent.
loss-making, fruitless, useless.