Advantageous
What it means
Likely to improve the position, prospects, or outcome of those involved.
Reach for it when judging an option by the practical benefit it offers
A shared delivery schedule proved advantageous to both bakeries.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
a smart move
Fits when informal advice should stress practical judgment
Careful This phrase evaluates the decision maker as well as the option.
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everyday
Fits when conditions make a good outcome more likely
Careful Favorable can describe approval rather than practical advantage.
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everyday
Fits when the option serves a need in a straightforward way
Careful Useful understates a meaningful strategic gain.
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professional
Fits when the choice produces a positive effect without comparison
Careful Beneficial may help health or welfare without improving one's position.
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professional
Fits when the benefit is specifically financial
Careful Profit language is wrong for moral, social, or health gains.
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formal
Fits when timing makes the action especially well placed
Careful An opportune moment may offer no lasting advantage.
Opposites 3
- disadvantageous
- harmful
- unfavorable
Common phrases 3
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mutually advantageous
The exchange was mutually advantageous for both libraries.
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advantageous position
The ridge gave observers an advantageous position above the floodplain.
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economically advantageous
Repairing the frames was economically advantageous compared with replacement.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated