REMUNERATIVE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

remunerative

adjective

ri-ˈmyü-nə-rə-tiv

Definition of remunerative

as in lucrative

yielding a profit made a highly remunerative investment that will end up paying my college tuition

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Recent Examples of remunerative This mundane enterprise turned out to be reasonably remunerative. — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025 One of higher education’s unsung scandals is enrollment caps for the most remunerative majors, namely the most technical and scientific. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 At the same time, a growing chorus of policy wonks and public officials, including yours truly, have argued that Americans shouldn’t have to buy a college degree in order to find remunerative employment. — Frederick Hess, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024 These hothouses draw an inexhaustible supply of idealistic pilgrims who’ve chosen to forego more stable and remunerative career paths in pursuit of the high-wire act that is a meaningful creative life. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for remunerative

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Sanctions on Moscow could be swept away while lucrative trade deals would inevitably ensue.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Trump recruits Americans to hunt taxpayer fraud with lucrative cash rewards.

— , FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of lucrative

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Maeda said that Rakuten Medical’s Japan branch is profitable, though the global entity operates at a loss due to high research spending.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Lionel Mestre, partner at French private equity firm Weinberg Capital Partners, told CNBC his firm still focuses on profitable defense businesses with established products, customers and positive cash flow, rather than early-stage startups.

— Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

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