What does advantageous mean?
Word: Advantageous
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Advantageous means giving an advantage; helpful or likely to lead to a good result.
Synonyms: favourable, helpful, useful
Antonyms: disadvantageous, harmful, unfavourable
How do you spell advantageous?
Syllables: ad - van - ta - geous
Tricky part: The e of advantage stays before ous, making geous. Without it the g would sound hard.
Watch out for: advantagous, advantageus, advantagious
Memory tip: The e after the g stays, as in courageous and outrageous: it keeps the g soft.
Advantageous in a sentence
Example 1: Living near the school is advantageous on busy mornings.
Example 2: Knowing two languages can be advantageous in many jobs.
Example 3: The early rain was advantageous for the rice crop.
Fun Fact
In tennis, the point won after deuce is called advantage, and the umpire announces it with the player's name.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
advantageous
a) dangerous
b) costly
c) pointless
d) beneficial
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d) beneficial. Something beneficial works in your favour, which is what advantageous means.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
eaodsgnvuata
a) outrageous
b) advantageous
c) adventurous
d) ambitious
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b) advantageous. There is no r, m or b among these twelve letters, so adventurous, outrageous and ambitious are out.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) benefitial
b) sucessful
c) profitible
d) advantageous
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d) advantageous. Beneficial has a c before ial; profitable ends in able; successful needs cc.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Arriving an hour early proved adventageous, as we found seats right beside the stage.
a) hour
b) seats
c) adventageous
d) early
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c) adventageous. Advantage has an a after the d, and the longer word keeps it.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An advantageous position in a race is one that ____.
a) helps you win
b) breaks the rules
c) makes you slower
d) is hard to see
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a) helps you win
2. What would be advantageous for a long-distance runner?
a) a late night before the race
b) a heavy school bag
c) strong, steady breathing
d) tight new shoes
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c) strong, steady breathing
