|  fertile 
 
 1. capable of reproducing (Freq. 1)
 • Ant:
 sterile
 • Similar to:
 conceptive, impregnable, fecund, fertilizable, rank
 • See Also:
 conceptive, impregnable, fruitful, potent, strong,
 stiff, productive
 • Derivationally related forms:
 fertility
 • Attrubites:
 fertility, fecundity
 2. intellectually productive (Freq. 1)
 - a prolific writer
 - a fecund imagination
 • Syn:
 fecund, prolific
 • Similar to:
 productive
 • Derivationally related forms:
 fecundity (for: fecund)
 3. bearing in abundance especially offspring
 - flying foxes are extremely prolific
 - a prolific pear tree
 • Syn:
 prolific
 • Similar to:
 fruitful
 • Derivationally related forms:
 fertility
 4. marked by great fruitfulness
 - fertile farmland
 - a fat land
 - a productive vineyard
 - rich soil
 • Syn:
 fat, productive, rich
 • Similar to:
 fruitful
 • Derivationally related forms:
 richness (for: rich), productiveness (for: productive), fertility
 
 
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