advantageous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- advantageously adverb
- advantageousness noun
- nonadvantageous adjective
- nonadvantageously adverb
- nonadvantageousness noun
- quasi-advantageous adjective
- quasi-advantageously adverb
- unadvantageous adjective
- unadvantageously adverb
- unadvantageousness noun
Etymology
Origin of advantageous
First recorded in 1590–1600; advantage + -ous; compare French avantageux, Italian avantaggioso
Explanation
The adjective advantageous is useful for talking about things that are beneficial, or helpful, like when you find an advantageous spot to hang your yard sale sign — a spot where all the passing cars can see it. Anything that creates an advantage is advantageous. You could describe your decision to throw a huge party as advantageous for your social life, or the cooking class you took as advantageous to the success of your catering business. If it helps you get what you want, or is generally useful, it's advantageous. The root is the Old French word avantage, which means "advantage, profit, or superiority." Anything that assists in your pursuit of these things is advantageous to you.
Vocabulary lists containing advantageous
Evolutionary Biology - Adaptation
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Example Sentences
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This diversity of views, Mr. McGinnis maintains, is advantageous since it adds to the range of ideas before the public.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
I think if love can inspire you to hold on to the things you care about, that’s really advantageous in art.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
“We think value over a full cycle is advantageous over broad markets,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
They started with the hammer - theoretically advantageous in allowing a team to control a match - and had a shot in the first end to take three points.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
Massey’s own ancestral holdings, far to the south, were lost to him, so he must needs make an advantageous marriage or resign himself to being no more than a knight of the king’s household.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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