advantageous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌædvənˈteɪd͡ʒəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪdʒəs
Hyphenation: ad‧van‧ta‧geous

Adjective

advantageous (comparative more advantageous, superlative most advantageous)

Being of advantage, beneficial.
Synonyms: behooveful, furthersome, gainful, profitable, useful
- 1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XXXII, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 324:
  Jim took up an advantageous position and shepherded them out in a bunch through the doorway: [...]

Derived terms

Translations

being of advantage — see also beneficial

Armenian: շահավետ (hy) (šahavet), նպաստավոր (hy) (npastavor)
Asturian: ventayosu, ventaxosu
Belarusian: выгадны (vyhadny), выгодны (vyhódny)
Bulgarian: изгоден (bg) (izgoden), благоприятен (bg) (blagoprijaten)
Catalan: avantatjós
Czech: výhodný (cs)
Danish: fordelagtig (da)
Esperanto: avantaĝa
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), awantażowny (dated), awantażowny (dated)
Portuguese: vantajoso (pt)
Romanian: avantajos (ro)
Russian: вы́годный (ru) (výgodnyj), благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj)
Spanish: ventajoso (es), provechoso (es), beneficioso (es)
Swedish: fördelaktig (sv), förmånlig (sv)
Ukrainian: вигідний (vyhidnyj), сприятливий (spryjatlyvyj)

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