Antonyms for profit
ˈprɒf ɪtprof·it

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1. profitnoun

   Antonyms:
   loss

   Synonyms:
   gain

2. profitnoun

   To benefit (sb), be of use to (sb).

   Antonyms:
   loss

   Synonyms:
   gain

3. profitnoun

   To benefit, gain.

   Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.

   Antonyms:
   loss

   Synonyms:
   gain

4. profitnoun

   To take advantage of, exploit, use.

   Synonyms:
   gain

   Antonyms:
   loss

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1. profit

   The returns or receipts include all that is received from an outlay or investment; the profit is the excess (if any) of the receipts over the outlay; hence, in government, morals, etc., the profit is what is really good, helpful, useful, valuable. Utility is chiefly used in the sense of some immediate or personal and generally some material good. Advantage is that which gives one a vantage-ground, either for coping with competitors or with difficulties, needs, or demands; as to have the advantage of a good education; it is frequently used of what one has beyond another or secures at the expense of another; as, to have the advantage of another in an argument, or to take advantage of another in a bargain. Gain is what one secures beyond what he previously possessed. Benefit is anything that does one good. Emolument is profit, return, or value accruing through official position. Expediency has respect to profit or advantage, real or supposed, considered apart from or perhaps in opposition to right, in actions having a moral character. Compare UTILITY.

   Antonyms:
   damage, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, harm, hurt, injury, loss, ruin, waste

   Synonyms:
   advantage, avail, benefit, emolument, expediency, gain, good, improvement, proceeds, receipts, return, returns, service, usefulness, utility, value

   Preposition:
   The profit of labor; on capital; in business.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. profit

   Antonyms:
   loss, detriment, damage, disadvantage, waste

   Synonyms:
   gain, emolument, advantage, avail, acquisition, benefit service, use, improvement

Matched Categories

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1. net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earningsnoun

   the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

   Antonyms:
   turn a loss, lose, break even

   Synonyms:
   lolly, net, cyberspace, clams, sugar, remuneration, net income, cabbage, wampum, win, lucre, boodle, meshing, gelt, network, bread, earnings, internet, lettuce, gain, loot, winnings, scratch, simoleons, profits, pelf, mesh, wage, dough, dinero, kale, salary, meshwork, net profit, pay, shekels, moolah

2. profit, gainverb

   the advantageous quality of being beneficial

   Antonyms:
   turn a loss, lose, break even

   Synonyms:
   increase, gain, lucre, net income, earnings, profits, net, addition, amplification, net profit

3. profit, gain, benefitverb

   derive a benefit from

   "She profited from his vast experience"

   Antonyms:
   turn a loss, lose, break even

   Synonyms:
   clear, gain ground, derive, acquire, realise, gain, reach, win, get ahead, make headway, attain, turn a profit, bring in, put on, take in, pull in, gather, do good, hit, arrive at, advance, realize, pull ahead, benefit, make, earn

4. profit, turn a profitverb

   make a profit; gain money or materially

   "The company has not profited from the merger"

   Antonyms:
   lose, break even, turn a loss

   Synonyms:
   turn a profit, benefit, gain

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1. profitnoun

   Synonyms:
   gain, emolument, dividend

   Associated words:
   pernor, fructuary, exploit, exploitation

How to use profit in a sentence?

1. John Conyers:

   Single-payer isn’t just the moral thing to do or a good government issue, it’s what Americans want, many leading health care practitioners and experts share my belief and that of most Americans that establishing a non-profit universal health care system would be the best way to effectively contain health care costs and provide quality care for all Americans.

2. Orlando Cristobal:

   I hope Duterte can fix this. Inflation has eaten into our profit.

3. Tom Steyer:

   Trump’s energy policies would accelerate climate change, protect corporate polluters who profit from poisoning our air and water, and block the transition to clean energy that is necessary to strengthen our economy and protect our climate and health.

4. John Praveen:

   I think of (tech's recent swoon) as profit-taking rather than driven by change in the fundamental factors, the fundamentals are still positive for the sector.

5. John McCain:

   Our nation should not rely on Russia to access space, but because it is simply immoral to help subsidize Russia's intervention in Ukraine and line the pockets of Putin's gang of thugs who profit from the sale of Russian rocket engines.

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