Fertile

Quick meaning: Fertile is an adjective meaning Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

Meaning

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
2. Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
3. Capable of developing past the egg stage.
4. (physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.

Example Sentences

Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile.

There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.

Synonyms for fertile

Depending on context, synonyms include productive, prolific, pregnant, batful, fruitful, thriving.

Antonyms for fertile

Common opposites include barren, sterile.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fruitful, productive, fertilizable, prolific, fecund, conceptive.

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