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Entry Word:: fertile
Function:: adjective

Text: producing abundantly<the fertile mind of Leonardo da Vinci explored art, architecture, engineering, mathematics, and many other fields>Synonymsfat, fecund, fruitful, luxuriant, productive, prolific, richRelated Wordsbearing, producing, yielding; abounding, abundant, bountiful; copious, plenteous, plentiful; blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving; creative, inventive, originalNear Antonymsmeager (or meagre), scant, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparseAntonymsbarren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive

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