Dictionary

advantageous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌædvənˈteɪd͡ʒ(i)əs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From advantage + -ous or from Middle French avantageus (French avantageux). See advantage.

Meanings

1. Being of advantage, beneficial.
   • Jim took up an advantageous position and shepherded them out in a bunch through the doorway: [...] 1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXXII, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 324:

Forms

Deriveds

unadvantageous · nonadvantageous · advantageously · advantageousness

Synonyms

expedient · furthersome · favorable · plus · gainful · useful · profitable

Translations (40)

be выгадны (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ast ventaxosu (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · nn fordelaktig (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · pl korzystny (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · bg изгоден (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · sv förmånlig (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ja 有利な (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ca avantatjós (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · be выгодны (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · bg благоприятен (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · es provechoso (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · hi लाभदायी (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · eo avantaĝa (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · uk вигідний (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · hi लाभकारी (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · it vantaggioso (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · cs výhodný (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · hi लाभप्रद (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · fi edullinen (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ru благоприя́тный (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · es ventajoso (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · da fordelagtig (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · es proficuo (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · hy շահավետ (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · nb fordelaktig (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · hy նպաստավոր (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · sv fördelaktig (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ga buntáisteach (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · hu előnyös (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · de vorteilhaft (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · fi hyödyllinen (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ru вы́годный (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · gl vantaxoso (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · pt vantajoso (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ro avantajos (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · ast ventayosu (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · hi लाभदायक (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · uk сприятливий (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · el πλεονεκτικός (being of advantage — see also beneficial) · pl awantażowny (being of advantage — see also beneficial)