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[2] earnings, gain, lucre, net, payoff, proceeds, return; also killing, windfall; gross; compensation, emolument, income, pay, payment, remittal, requital, salary, wages; interest, return, yield; (the) black; royalty

2profit verb 1 : to be of use : BENEFIT

2 : to derive benefit : GAIN

Synonyms

avail, benefit, serve—more at BENEFIT

prof·it·able adjective : affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results

— prof·it·ably adverb

Synonyms

advantageous, beneficial, favorable, helpful, salutary—more at BENEFICIAL

fat, gainful, lucrative, remunerative; also advantageous, beneficial, rewarding, useful, worthwhile

Antonyms

unprofitable

prof·i·teer noun : one who makes what is considered an unreasonable profit

— profiteer verb

1profligate adjective 1 : completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness

2 : wildly extravagant

— prof·li·ga·cy noun

— prof·li·gate·ly adverb

Synonyms

extravagant, prodigal, spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful—more at PRODIGAL

2profligate noun : a profligate person

Synonyms

decadent, degenerate, libertine, pervert—more at DEGENERATE

prodigal, spendthrift, wastrel—more at PRODIGAL

pro for·ma adjective : done or existing as a matter of form

pro·found adjective 1 : marked by intellectual depth or insight

2 : coming from or reaching to a depth

3 : deeply felt : INTENSE <~ sympathy>

4 : all encompassing : THOROUGH

— pro·found·ly adverb

— pro·fun·di·ty noun

Synonyms

[1] abstruse, deep, esoteric; also erudite, learned, scholarly; academic, pedantic; complex, complicated, hard; darkling, enigmatic, inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, uncanny; impenetrable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible; ambiguous, cryptic; unanswerable, unknowable; baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling

Antonyms

shallow

[4] absolute, complete, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, utter—more at ABSOLUTE

pro·fuse adjective : pouring forth liberally

— pro·fuse·ly adverb

Synonyms

copious, extravagant, lavish, luxuriant, riotous; also abounding, abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, liberal, plenteous, plentiful; fat, fecund, fertile; free, liberal, munificent, openhanded, unsparing, unstinting; excessive, immoderate; adequate, complete, enough, sufficient

Antonyms

dribbling, trickling

pro·fu·sion noun : great quantity

Synonyms

abundance, lot, much, plenty, quantity, reams, scads

prog abbreviation program

pro·gen·i·tor noun 1 : a direct ancestor : FOREFATHER

2 : ORIGINATOR, PRECURSOR

prog·e·ny noun, plural -nies : offspring of a person, animal, or plant

Synonyms

issue, offspring, posterity, seed, spawn—more at OFFSPRING

pro·ges·ter·one noun : a female hormone that causes the uterus to undergo changes so as to provide a suitable environment for a fertilized egg

prog·na·thous adjective : having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper part of the face

prog·no·sis noun, plural -no·ses 1 : the prospect of recovery from disease

2 : a prophecy, estimate, or prediction of a future happening or condition : FORECAST

1prognostic noun 1 : PORTENT

2 : PROPHECY

2prognostic adjective : of, relating to, or serving as ground for prognostication or a prognosis

prog·nos·ti·cate verb -cat·ed; -cat·ing : to foretell from signs or symptoms

Synonyms

augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prophesy—more at FORETELL

prog·nos·ti·ca·tion noun : an act, the fact, or the power of prognosticating

Synonyms

cast, forecast, prediction, prophecy, soothsaying—more at PREDICTION

prog·nos·ti·ca·tor noun : one that prognosticates

Synonyms

augur, diviner, forecaster, fortune-teller, futurist, prophet, seer, soothsayer—more at PROPHET

1program noun [ORIGIN: F programme agenda, public notice, fr. Gk programma, fr. prographein to write in advance, fr. pro- before + graphein to write]

1 : a brief outline of the order to be pursued or the subjects included (as in a public entertainment); also : PERFORMANCE