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infertile

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of infertile

1 not able to produce fruit or offspring
  • an infertile cow is of limited use to a farmer
Synonyms of infertile

barren, fruitless, impotent, sterile, unfruitful
Words Related to infertile

altered, desexed, neutered, sterilized

castrated, emasculated, gelded

spayed

unproductive
Near Antonyms of infertile

fecund, luxuriant, productive, prolific

enriched, fertilized, rich

impregnated, pregnant

potent

bearing, producing, yielding

blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming
Antonyms of infertile

fat, fertile, fruitful
2 producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation
  • only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought
Synonyms of infertile

barren, bony (also boney), dead, desolate, hardscrabble, impoverished, poor, stark, unfertile, unproductive, waste
Words Related to infertile

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 of infertile

arable, tillable

green, sylvan, verdant
Antonyms of infertile

fertile, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, rich

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