Synonyms of the word

mercenary

• n. (archaic) One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
• n. A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for…
• n. (figuratively) One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political…
• adj. Motivated by private gain.

adventurer

• n. One who enjoys adventures.
• n. A person who seeks a fortune in new and/or dangerous enterprises.
• n. A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
• n. A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
• n. (video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.

commercial

• n. An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.
• n. (finance) A commercial trader, as opposed to an individual speculator.
• adj. Of or pertaining to commerce.
• adj. (aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.
• adj. (aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.

freelance

• n. Someone who sells his services to employers without a long-term contract.
• n. A medieval mercenary.
• adj. Of, or relating to a freelance; without contract.
• v. (intransitive) To work as a freelance.
• v. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.

materialistic

• adj. Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.
• adj. Of or concerning philosophical materialism.

mercantile

• adj. (economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit.

moneymaking

• adj. Profitable.
• adj. For profit.
• n. The act of making money, of profiting.

paid

• v. simple past tense and past participle of pay.

venturer

• n. (archaic) One who ventures; a traveller or explorer.
• n. (business) One who undertakes a business venture.

worldly

• adj. Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
• adj. Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
• adj. Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
• adv. In a worldly manner.