well-paying

ADJECTIVE

gainful

Synonyms

WEAK

advantageous beneficial fat fruitful generous going going concern good in the black lucrative lush moneymaking paid off paying remunerative rewarding rich satisfying substantial sweet useful worthwhile

Antonyms

WEAK

disadvantageous unproductive unprofitable useless

ADJECTIVE

moneymaking

Synonyms

STRONG

going good

WEAK

advantageous gainful lucrative paying profitable remunerative successful thriving

Antonyms

WEAK

unprofitable

ADJECTIVE

profitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beneficial commercial cost-effective effective fruitful good lucrative practical productive rewarding successful useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

assisting conducive contributive effectual favorable gainful going in the black instrumental paid off paying paying well pragmatic remunerative self-sustaining serviceable sustaining sweet

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous

Example Sentences

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Despite rapid economic growth, millions of people in the world's most populous nation still struggle to find stable and well-paying jobs, fuelling discontent.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

There was a sweet irony watching them close the set with “Intro,” a modest instrumental jam from their debut that has, through well-paying commercial placements, become their calling card to mainstream pop.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

But it has not yet aligned these gains with the creation of productive, well-paying jobs at scale.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

For workers who thought they would easily launch into a well-paying science career, the downturn has been especially harsh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Mr. McCullough had a steady, well-paying job; Mrs. McCullough had, for the past fourteen months, been a full-time mother to the baby and planned to be so indefinitely.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

well-paying

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