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sterile

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Synonyms & Antonyms of sterile

1 not able to produce fruit or offspring

sterile couples sometimes choose to adopt needy children

the apple tree turned out to be sterile, never yielding a crop of apples

Synonyms for sterile

barren,
fruitless,
impotent,
infertile,
unfruitful

Words Related to sterile

altered,
desexed,
neutered,
sterilized

castrated,
emasculated,
gelded

spayed

unproductive

Near Antonyms for sterile

fecund,
luxuriant,
productive,
prolific

enriched,
fertilized,
rich

impregnated,
pregnant

potent

bearing,
producing,
yielding

blooming,
bursting,
flourishing,
swarming,
teeming

Antonyms for sterile

fat,
fertile,
fruitful

2 free from filth, infection, or dangers to health

the hospitals in the war-torn city often lack necessary drugs and sterile surgical supplies

Synonyms for sterile

aseptic,
germfree,
hygienic,
sanitary

Words Related to sterile

germproof

antibacterial,
antibiotic,
antiseptic,
germicidal,
microbicidal

clean,
immaculate,
pristine,
spick-and-span
(or spic-and-span),
spotless,
squeaky-clean,
stainless,
unsoiled,
unstained,
unsullied

beneficial,
healthful,
healthy,
restorative,
salubrious,
salutary,
salutiferous,
wholesome

pure,
taintless,
undefiled,
unpolluted,
untainted

abluted,
bleached,
cleansed,
purified,
scrubbed,
washed,
whitened

Near Antonyms for sterile

infectious,
miasmic,
pathogenetic,
pathogenic,
poisonous,
sickening,
toxic

bedraggled,
besmirched,
dingy,
dirty,
draggled,
dusty,
filthy,
foul,
grimy,
grubby,
grungy,
mucky,
muddy,
nasty,
smirched,
soiled,
sordid,
stained,
sullied,
unclean,
uncleanly,
unwashed

insalubrious,
noxious,
unhealthful,
unhealthy,
unwholesome

defiled,
polluted,
tainted,
unsterilized

Antonyms for sterile

germy,
insanitary,
unhygienic,
unsanitary,
unsterile

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