Definitions for gainful

gainful gain·ful

Spelling: [geyn-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈgeɪn fəl/

Gainful is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in gainful (afgilnu).

Definitions for gainful

adjective

  1. profitable; lucrative:

Origin of gainful

First recorded in 1545-55; gain1 + -ful

Examples for gainful

The number of people in 1910 in what is called "gainful occupations" has not as yet been compiled by the Census Bureau.

Now Harald has got him east away, And each morrow of fight was a gainful day.

His gainful pursuit was that of being a commercial traveller.

College gives way to the greater demands of grad school, gainful employment, and career planning.

The pursuit of gainful effort is as old as the existence of man on earth.

One needs only to point out to them that the pursuit is gainful, and their interest is aroused.

Said the Sea-eagle: “Abide the wearing of another hour, and come and tell me again, and then I may have a gainful word for thee.”

What was our status in the business pursuits and gainful occupations at that time?

The generality of white women in New York, wives of laboring men, infrequently engage in gainful occupations.

More and more, however, individuals made their way in gainful occupations.

Word Value for gainful
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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