Synonyms for fertile
- adjective
Most common
productive prolific fruitful luxuriant fruit-bearing conceptive
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Fecund — of one's imagination, etc., active, productive, prolific
fecund formal, fruitful, productive, prolific, pregnant formal, luxuriant, thriving, plentiful, teeming, plenteous, exuberant, rank, abundant, prodigal
Other
fruit-bearing, ingenious, inventive, conceptive, childing dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
- adj. 2
Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
Related words
- Word family
- fertilization fertilize fertilizer fertility fertileness
Example sentences
- productive All-nighters are never as productive as they seem.
- prolific Mammeri was one of Algeria's most prolific writers.
- fruitful Their year-long stay in Germany was very fruitful.
- luxuriant Grass is luxuriant in summer.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fertile | steady | |
| productive | falling | |
| prolific | steady | |
| fruitful | falling | |
| luxuriant | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fat1
- 4 letters
- rich1, rank1
- 6 letters
- fecund
- 7 letters
- teeming2
- 8 letters
- pregnant2, abundant3, prolific3, thriving2, fruitful2, prodigal3, childing
- 9 letters
- plentiful3, ingenious3, inventive3, exuberant4, luxuriant4, plenteous
- 10 letters
- productive3, conceptive
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (teeming2 = 2 syllables).