Advantageable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Offering a beneficial situation that enhances someone's position
2. Creating favorable circumstances that lead to improvement or success
3. Capable of producing a favorable outcome that improves chances or conditions

Etymology: The word is a plain build: "advantage" with the suffix "-able" attached. "Advantage" arrived in English through Middle English from Old French "avantage", which was itself formed from "avant" (before, forward) plus the suffix "-age". The Old French "avant" traces back to Late Latin "ab ante", meaning "from before", so the core idea sits in a sense of being ahead or in front. The suffix "-able" came into English through Old French from Latin "-abilis", a suffix meaning "capable of being" or "able to be". Attaching it to "advantage" gives a sense of something that can be given an advantage or made into one. The adjective therefore describes circumstances that can be shaped so as to put a person or thing ahead.

Synonyms: beneficial, favorable, helpful, profitable, conducive

Antonyms: disadvantageous, detrimental, harmful, unfavorable, unhelpful