Synonyms for gainful
ˈgeɪn fəlgain·ful

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1. gainful

   Synonyms:
   profitable, beneficial, advantageous, winning

   Antonyms:
   unprofitable, detrimental, injurious, disadvantageous, gainless, losing

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1. gainful, paid, payingadjective

   yielding a fair profit

   Synonyms:
   paying(a), salaried, stipendiary, compensable, remunerative, paying, paid, nonrecreational

   Antonyms:
   unprofitable

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1. gainfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, profitable, beneficial

2. gainfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   lucrative, remunerative, productive, paying

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1. List of paraphrases for "gainful":

   remunerative, lucrative, paid, profitable, income-generating, rewarding

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1. Merrick Garland:

   Thousands of people on home confinement have reconnected with their families, have found gainful employment, and have followed the rules, we will exercise our authority so that those who have made rehabilitative progress and complied with the conditions of home confinement, and who in the interests of justice should be given an opportunity to continue transitioning back to society, are not unnecessarily returnedto prison.

2. Education Department:

   We are committed to restoring a strong gainful employment rule as quickly as possible, while we respect and appreciate outside feedback on the best route to that goal, our judgment is that focusing on the regulatory process will produce the best, most durable rule to protect students.

3. Mira Sorvino:

   Primary and especially secondary education is extremely important in preventing trafficking, it allows children to develop critical thinking skills to be able to defend themselves from traffickers and to have the skills that will enable them to have gainful employment to be able to support their families in other ways than being sexually exploited.

4. Merrick Garland:

   Thousands of people on home confinement have reconnected with their families, have found gainful employment, and have followed the rules, in light of today's Office of Legal Counsel opinion, I have directed that Justice Department engage in a rulemaking process to ensure that Justice Department lives up to the letter and the spirit of the CARES Act.

5. Carolyn Fast:

   I do think it's a priority for them, but I think they could do more. It was a little surprising that they didn't put gainful employment back into effect, the timeline for getting a new rule in place is pretty long. It seems to make sense to have the old rule in place in the meantime to make sure students aren't enrolling in programs that aren't going to meet the standards.