advantageous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: advantageous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for advantageous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
advantageous adj giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" Antonym(s): disadvantageous appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advantageous \Ad`vanta"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.