125 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pɹˌɒfɪtˈi͡əɹɪŋ], [ pɹˌɒfɪtˈi‍əɹɪŋ], [ p_ɹ_ˌɒ_f_ɪ_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]

Related words: profiteer, profiteering, profiteering strategy, profiteering practices, financial profiteer, top profiteers, economic profiteer, election year profiteering

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Similar words for profiteering:

• corrupt (adjective)
• dishonest (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• corruption (noun)
• dishonesty (noun)
• exploitation (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• villainousness (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "profiteering" in context?

Paraphrases for profiteering

Synonyms for Profiteering:

• adj.

  • corrupt (adjective)
  • padded,
  • fixed,
  • praetorian,
  • iniquitous,
  • nefarious,
  • open,
  • extortionate,
  • base,
  • crooked,
  • reprobate,
  • mercenary,
  • exploiting,
  • foul,
  • fast and loose,
  • knavish,
  • unprincipled,
  • venal,
  • unscrupulous,
  • treacherous,
  • inconstant,
  • underhanded,
  • fraudulent,
  • unfaithful,
  • faithless,
  • tainted,
  • bent,
  • two-faced,
  • Suborned,
  • debauched,
  • untrustworthy,
  • rotten,
  • unethical.
  • dishonest (adjective)
  • corrupt.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • Double dealing,
  • gone to the dogs,
  • shady,
  • snide,
  • double-dealing,
  • racket up,
  • on the take,
  • bribable,
  • wide open,
  • perfidious.

• n.

  • corruption (noun)
  • malfeasance,
  • fiddling,
  • exploitation,
  • shuffle,
  • shadiness,
  • skimming,
  • crime,
  • Bribing,
  • payoff,
  • crookedness,
  • venality,
  • graft,
  • misrepresentation,
  • racket,
  • extortion,
  • payola,
  • squeeze,
  • demoralization.
  • dishonesty (noun)
  • corruption.
  • exploitation (noun)
  • using,
  • bleedings,
  • bleeding.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • unscrupulousness,
  • Fraudulency,
  • jobbery,
  • nepotism,
  • villainousness,
  • Skimmings,
  • shady deal,
  • breach of trust,
  • fraud,
  • bribery,
  • Briberies.
  • villainousness (noun)
  • wickedness,
  • villainy,
  • bestiality,
  • perversion,
  • vice,
  • immorality,
  • flagitiousness,
  • turpitude.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • profiteer,
  • pollution,
  • exaction,
  • immoral,
  • meditation,
  • contemplation,
  • depraved,
  • evil,
  • conjecture,
  • wicked,
  • gamble,
  • cogitation,
  • blackmail,
  • Jobbing,
  • taint,
  • theory,
  • speculation,
  • benefiting,
  • contamination,
  • Sharking,
  • hypothesis,
  • supposition,
  • risk,
  • venture,
  • sordid,
  • dishonest,
  • Touting,
  • graceless,
  • profligate,
  • reflection,
  • adulteration,
  • Speculating,
  • Profiting,
  • Sponging,
  • depravity,
  • guesswork,
  • wrong,
  • Gaining,
  • adventure,
  • Leeching,
  • racketeering.

How to use "Profiteering" in context?

Paraphrases for Profiteering:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Profiting.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    profits.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    tapping, Capitalizing, Utilizing, Speculating, benefiting, exploiting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    speculation.