Productive

Quick meaning: Productive is an adjective meaning Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

Meaning

Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

More Meanings

1. Yielding good or useful results; constructive.
2. Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.
3. (linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.
4. (medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.
5. (medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.
6. (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic; a set S is productive if there exists a total recursive function f such that ∀x∈ℕ,~~W_x⊆S⇒f(x)∈A⧵W_x, where W_x is a recursive function whose Gödel number is x.

Example Sentences

a productive set

Moreover, this relationship is a productive one, in the sense that when new Adjectives are created (e.g. ginormous concocted out of gigantic and enormous), then the corresponding Adverb form (in this case ginormously) can also be used. And in those exceptional cases where Adverbs do not end in -ly, they generally have the same form as the corresponding Adjective, as with hard, fast, etc.

Synonyms for productive

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

Antonyms for productive

Common opposites include baneful, barren, counterproductive, counter-productive, destructive, nonproductive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fruitful, fertile, prolific, fecund, fissiparous, cultivable.

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