fruitful

fruit·ful

adj \ˈfrüt-fəl\

Definition of FRUITFUL

1

a : yielding or producing fruit b : conducive to an abundant yield

2

: abundantly productive <a fruitful discussion>

— fruit·ful·ly \-fə-lē\ adverb

— fruit·ful·ness noun

Examples of FRUITFUL

1. We had a fruitful discussion about the problems with the schedule.
2. <a very fruitful tree that gives us plenty of apples every year>

First Known Use of FRUITFUL

14th century

Related to FRUITFUL

Synonyms: cornucopian, fat, fecund, fructuous, fertile, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich

Antonyms: barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive

Related Words: bearing, generative, producing, yielding; abounding, abundant, bountiful; copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plentitudinous; blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving; creative, inventive, original

Near Antonyms: meager (or meagre), scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse

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See Synonym Discussion at fertile

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall