advantageous

advantageous

English

Etymology

advantage +‎ -ous or from Middle French avantageus (French avantageux). See advantage.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs

Adjective

advantageous (comparative more advantageous, superlative most advantageous)

1. Being of advantage, beneficial
   • 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 32, in Lord Jim:

     Jim took up an advantageous position and shepherded them out in a bunch through the doorway.

Synonyms

• gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; behooveful; furthersome

Derived terms

• advantageously

Translations

being of advantage

Armenian: շահավետ (hy) (šahavet), նպաստավոր (hy) (npastavor) Asturian: ventayosu, ventaxosu Bulgarian: изгоден (bg) (izgoden), благоприятен (bg) (blagoprijaten) Catalan: avantatjós Czech: výhodný (cs) m Finnish: edullinen (fi), hyödyllinen (fi) Galician: vantaxoso German: vorteilhaft (de) Greek: πλεονεκτικός (el) (pleonektikós) Hungarian: előnyös (hu) Irish: buntáisteach Italian: vantaggioso (it)

Japanese: 有利な (ja) (ゆうりな, yūri na) Norwegian: Bokmål: fordelaktig Nynorsk: fordelaktig Polish: korzystny (pl) m Portuguese: vantajoso (pt) Romanian: avantajos (ro) m or n Russian: вы́годный (ru) (výgodnyj), благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj) Spanish: ventajoso, provechoso (es) Swedish: fördelaktig (sv) Ukrainian: вигідний (vyhidnyj), сприятливий (spryjatlyvyj)