FERTILE


Meaning of FERTILE in English

adjective

marked by abundant productivity

fertile soil

a fertile mind

Synonyms: childing, fecund, fruitful, productive, proliferant, prolific, rich, spawning

Related Word: bearing, producing, yielding; abundant, bountiful, copious, exuberant, generous, lush, luxuriant, plenteous, plentiful, teeming; creative, ingenious, inventive, pregnant, resourceful; exciting, galvanizing, provoking, quickening, stimulating

Contrasted words: barren, impotent, unfruitful; dull, imitative, stupid, unproductive

Antonyms: infertile, sterile

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