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- pronunciation:
- fuhr
tihl
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
producing or able to produce abundant growth of farm crops or other vegetation.
The crops flourished in the fertile soil.- synonyms:
- fecund, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific
- antonyms:
- barren, desert, infertile, sterile
- similar words:
- abundant, arable, bounteous, generative, profuse, rich, rife
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| definition 2: |
producing or capable of producing offspring, as an animal, plant, egg, seed, or the like. (Cf. sterile.)
The most fertile cows give birth to calves every year.- synonyms:
- fecund, fruitful, productive, prolific
- antonyms:
- barren, infertile, sterile
- similar words:
- abundant, bounteous, generative, profuse, rich, rife
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| definition 3: |
producing abundantly or continuously; prolific.
Her books are so popular because she has such a fertile imagination.- synonyms:
- fecund, fruitful, productive, prolific
- antonyms:
- barren, penurious
- similar words:
- abundant, bounteous, creative, generative, plenteous, pregnant, profuse, rich, rife
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| definition 4: |
of, relating to, or conducive to abundant production.
Northern California has a fertile climate.Your paper points to a number of fertile subjects for future research.- synonyms:
- fecund, fruitful, productive
- similar words:
- abundant, bounteous, creative, generative, profuse, rich, rife
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| related words: |
active, fat, fruitful, impregnable, lush, prolific, virile |
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| derivations: |
fertilely (adv.), fertileness (n.) |
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