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

• advantageousness noun
• advantageously adverb
• 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

And the old political playbook — confession, contrition, capitulation — is obviously no longer operative, as candidates find it not only possible but even advantageous to brazen their way through storms of uproar and opprobrium.

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Mr. Richardson tries not to dwell on the subject, but it’s clear that Matthiessen possessed a Paul Newman-esque beauty, which he found both burdensome and advantageous.

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Could Denver seize its historically advantageous home field?

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The counterpoint is there could times it would be more advantageous to take the same points as the opposition - even if that's zero - rather take a risk and be three worse off.

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"Data from the past 35 years reveals that a solid opening foundation is not just advantageous, it is also decisive," he said in his column for the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Related Words

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