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(prof-it-eer) 3 syllables

Definition

verb. to make excessive profit, especially in times of crisis.

Example Sentence

The profiteer sold bread for extravagant prices during the war.

More Example Sentences

They were accused to profiteer from the disaster.

Synonyms

exploit; capitalize; take advantage

Antonyms

loser

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profiteer
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Rhymes

  • beare
  • beer
  • bere
  • blear
  • briere
  • cheer
  • clear
  • cleere
  • crear
  • creer
  • cyr
  • dear
  • deer
  • deere
  • ear
  • fear
  • fier
  • fleer
  • frear
  • freire
  • frere
  • gear
  • geer
  • gere
  • gier
  • giere
  • grear
  • greer
  • hear
  • here
  • jeer
  • kear
  • kier
  • kleer
  • kneer
  • lear
  • leer
  • mear
  • meir
  • mere
  • mir
  • myhre
  • near
  • neer
  • nir
  • peer
  • pier
  • queer
  • rear
  • schear
  • scheer
  • schweer
  • sear
  • sere
  • shear
  • sheer
  • shere
  • smear
  • sneer
  • spear
  • speer
  • speir
  • sphere
  • stear
  • steer
  • steere
  • tear
  • teer
  • veer
  • vere
  • we're
  • wier
  • year
  • zerr
  • zier

  • adhere
  • alvear
  • amir
  • appear
  • austere
  • bashir
  • bassir
  • bebear
  • career
  • cashier
  • chachere
  • chusmir
  • desir
  • dornier
  • dyneer
  • emir
  • frontier
  • guinier
  • inhere
  • kamir
  • keneer
  • laimbeer
  • lanier
  • lazear
  • mateer
  • mclear
  • mcnear
  • mcneer
  • mcteer
  • mctier
  • menear
  • minear
  • minteer
  • oneyear
  • orear
  • plenmeer
  • premier
  • premiere
  • puryear
  • rainier
  • rehear
  • revere
  • rosevear
  • safier
  • sameer
  • samir
  • severe
  • shamir
  • sincere
  • st_cyr
  • termeer
  • unclear
  • vanleer
  • vanliere
  • veneer
  • vizier
  • wazir
  • yasir
  • zahir
  • zaire
  • zamfir
  • zegeer

  • auctioneer
  • bandolier
  • belvedere
  • bombardier
  • brigadeer
  • brigadier
  • budgeteer
  • casebeer
  • cavalier
  • chandelier
  • charpentier
  • chevalier
  • commandeer
  • crochetiere
  • disappear
  • domineer
  • dubilier
  • engineer
  • exovir
  • financier
  • financiere
  • gondolier
  • insincere
  • interfere
  • lagardere
  • marketeer
  • mutineer
  • overhear
  • pamphleteer
  • pelletier
  • persevere
  • pioneer
  • profiteer
  • racketeer
  • rayonier
  • reappear
  • rensselaer
  • souvenir
  • summiteer
  • volunteer
  • wagoneer

  • conventioneer
  • electioneer
  • imagineer
  • reengineer

  • bioengineer
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