Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Advantageous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Advantageous \Ad`van*ta"geous\, a. [F. avantageux, fr.
avantage.]
Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful;
profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position;
trade is advantageous to a nation.
Advabtageous comparison with any other country.
--Prescott.
You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how
swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one
goes. --Chesterfield.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
advantageous
adj 1: giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our
country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often"
[ant: {disadvantageous}]
2: appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack
of concern for fairness [syn: {appropriate}]
3: likely to be of benefit or advantage; "in an advantageous
position"
4: very favorable or advantageous; "a golden opportunity" [syn:
{favorable}, {golden}]
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