Meanings
comparative more advantageous · superlative most advantageous
- 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 324Synonyms: expedient, furthersome, gainful, profitable, useful, plus, favorable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBeing of advantage, beneficial.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegiving an advantage
adjectiveappropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchavantageus
- Englishadvantageous
From advantage + -ous or from Middle French avantageus (French avantageux). See advantage.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian изгоден, благоприятен
- изгоден (izgoden)being of advantage — see also beneficial
- благоприятен (blagoprijaten)being of advantage — see also beneficial
Catalan avantatjós
- avantatjósbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Czech výhodný
- výhodnýbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Danish fordelagtig
- fordelagtigbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Esperanto avantaĝa
- avantaĝabeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Finnish edullinen, hyödyllinen
- edullinenbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
- hyödyllinenbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
German vorteilhaft
- vorteilhaftbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Greek πλεονεκτικός
- πλεονεκτικός (pleonektikós)being of advantage — see also beneficial
Hindi लाभप्रद, लाभकारी
- लाभप्रद (lābhaprad)being of advantage — see also beneficial
- लाभकारी (lābhkārī)being of advantage — see also beneficial
- लाभदायक (lābhdāyak)being of advantage — see also beneficial
- लाभदायी (lābhdāyī)being of advantage — see also beneficial
Hungarian előnyös
- előnyösbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Irish buntáisteach
- buntáisteachbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Italian vantaggioso
- vantaggiosobeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Japanese 有利な
- 有利な (yūri na)being of advantage — see also beneficial
Norwegian Bokmål fordelaktig
- fordelaktigbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Polish korzystny, awantażowny
- korzystnybeing of advantage — see also beneficial
- awantażownybeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Portuguese vantajoso
- vantajosobeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Romanian avantajos
- avantajosbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Russian вы́годный, благоприя́тный
- вы́годный (výgodnyj)being of advantage — see also beneficial
- благоприя́тный (blagoprijátnyj)being of advantage — see also beneficial
Spanish ventajoso, provechoso
- ventajosobeing of advantage — see also beneficial
- provechosobeing of advantage — see also beneficial
- proficuobeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Swedish fördelaktig, förmånlig
- fördelaktigbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
- förmånligbeing of advantage — see also beneficial
Ukrainian вигідний, сприятливий
- вигідний (vyhidnyj)being of advantage — see also beneficial
- сприятливий (spryjatlyvyj)being of advantage — see also beneficial
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with advantageous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
advantageous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advantageous
“advantageous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/advantageous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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