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)
• 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, n
• Russian: вы́годный (ru) (výgodnyj), благоприя́тный (ru) (blagoprijátnyj)
• Spanish: ventajoso, provechoso (es)
• Swedish: fördelaktig (sv)
• Ukrainian: вигідний (vyhidnyj), сприятливий (spryjatlyvyj)