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fertile

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of FERTILE

producing abundantly <the fertile mind of Leonardo da Vinci explored art, architecture, engineering, mathematics, and many other fields>

Synonyms cornucopian, fat, fecund, fructuous, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, prolific, rich

Related Words bearing, generative, producing, yielding; abounding, abundant, bountiful; copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plentitudinous; blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming, thriving; creative, inventive, original

Near Antonyms meager (or meagre), scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse

Antonyms barren, dead, infertile, sterile, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive

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