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fertile
Overview of adj fertile
The adj fertile has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) fertile -- (capable of reproducing)
2. (1) fecund, fertile, prolific -- (intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination")
3. prolific, fertile -- (bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree")
4. fat, fertile, productive, rich -- (marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil")
Grep of noun fertile
fertile crescent
fertile period
fertile phase
Antonyms of adj fertile
4 senses of fertile
Sense 1
fertile (vs. sterile)
sterile (vs. fertile), unfertile, infertile
=> barren
=> sterilized, sterilised
=> unfertilized, unfertilised, unimpregnated
Sense 2
fecund, fertile, prolific
INDIRECT (VIA productive) -> unproductive
Sense 3
prolific, fertile
INDIRECT (VIA fruitful) -> unfruitful
Sense 4
fat, fertile, productive, rich
INDIRECT (VIA fruitful) -> unfruitful
Similarity of adj fertile
4 senses of fertile
Sense 1
fertile (vs. sterile)
=> conceptive, impregnable
=> fecund
=> fertilizable
=> rank
Also See> conceptive#1, impregnable#2; fruitful#1; potent#3, strong#4, stiff#4; productive#1
Sense 2
fecund, fertile, prolific
=> productive (vs. unproductive)
Sense 3
prolific, fertile
=> fruitful (vs. unfruitful)
Sense 4
fat, fertile, productive, rich
=> fruitful (vs. unfruitful)
Pertainyms of adj fertile
Attributes of adj fertile
1 of 4 senses of fertile
Sense 1
fertile (vs. sterile)
=> fertility, fecundity
Domain of adj fertile
Domain Terms of adj fertile
Familiarity of adj fertile
fertile used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj fertile
fertile
infertile
unfertile
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