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fertile

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fertile

producing abundantly
  • the fertile mind of Leonardo da Vinci explored art, architecture, engineering, mathematics, and many other fields
Synonyms of fertile

cornucopian, fat, fecund, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich
Words Related to fertile

bearing, generative, producing, yielding

abounding, abundant, bountiful

copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenitudinous

blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving

creative, inventive, original
Near Antonyms of fertile

meager (or meagre), scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse
Antonyms of fertile

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

Synonym Discussion of fertile

fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean producing or capable of producing offspring or fruit. fertile implies the power to reproduce in kind or to assist in reproduction and growth
    • fertile soil
; applied figuratively, it suggests readiness of invention and development.
    • a fertile imagination
fecund emphasizes abundance or rapidity in bearing fruit or offspring.
    • a fecund herd
fruitful adds to fertile and fecund the implication of desirable or useful results.
    • fruitful research
prolific stresses rapidity of spreading or multiplying by or as if by natural reproduction.
    • a prolific writer

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