advantageous

[ad-vuhn-tey-juhs]

adjective

1. providing an advantage; furnishing convenience or opportunity; favorable; profitable; useful; beneficial.

   an advantageous position;

   an advantageous treaty.

advantageous

/ ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəs /

adjective

1. producing advantage

Other Word Forms

• advantageously adverb
• advantageousness noun
• nonadvantageous adjective
• nonadvantageously adverb
• nonadvantageousness noun
• quasi-advantageous adjective
• quasi-advantageously adverb
• unadvantageous adjective
• unadvantageously adverb
• unadvantageousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of advantageous¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; advantage + -ous; compare French avantageux, Italian avantaggioso

Example Sentences

These advisers spend the two years between every competition scrutinizing volumes of statistics to inform every decision, from who should make the team to the most advantageous course layout and the optimal player pairings.

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“I don’t understand how illuminating them is going to be advantageous to Republicans,” said Jennifer Van Hook, a sociology and demography professor at Pennsylvania State University.

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But when Rojas’ spot came back up in a far less advantageous matchup against Iglesias in the ninth, Roberts had no more cards to play.

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Shedeur, who has been branded a 'nepo baby', says having Deion as his dad has been advantageous to his football career as he has learned to deal with expectation and pressure from a young age.

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Choosing to fight would require someone to change their lifestyle and make potentially challenging sacrifices, so it may be psychologically advantageous, in the short term, to "flee" by choosing climate denialism, Brosch said.

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Related Words

• auspicious 
• beneficial 
• expedient 
• fortunate 
• helpful 
• opportune 
• profitable 
• propitious 
• worthwhile