infertile

infertile

adjective

Definition of INFERTILE

1

not able to produce fruit or offspring <an infertile cow is of limited use to a farmer>

Synonyms barren, fruitless, impotent, infertile, unfruitful

Related Words altered, desexed, neutered, sterilized; castrated, emasculated, gelded; spayed; unproductive

Near Antonyms fecund, luxuriant, productive, prolific; enriched, fertilized, rich; impregnated, pregnant; potent; bearing, producing, yielding; blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming

Antonyms fat, fertile, fruitful

2

producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation <only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought>

Synonyms bony (also boney), dead, desolate, hardscrabble, impoverished, infertile, poor, stark, unfertile, unproductive, waste

Related Words bleak, inhospitable, lifeless; uncultivable, untillable; bankrupted, consumed, debilitated, depleted, diminished, drained, dried-up, enfeebled, exhausted, expended, lessened, reduced, spent, used up; arid, desert, droughty, dry, rainless, sere (also sear), thirsty, waterless; baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbaked

Near Antonyms arable, tillable; green, sylvan, verdant

Antonyms fertile, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, rich