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)

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)

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