Synonyms for fertilization
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act or process of rendering fertile.
Related words
- Phrases
- close fertilization
- Other spellings
- fertilisation UK
Forms
- Plural
- fertilizations → dressings, fecundations, impregnations, conceptions…
Example sentences
- dressing I don't know how to make Thousand Island dressing.
- conception Tom had no conception of what fatherhood entailed.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fertilization | falling | |
| dressing | rising | |
| fecundation | falling | |
| conception | steady | |
| impregnation | falling | |
| syngamy | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- syngamy
- 8 letters
- dressing2
- 10 letters
- conception3, enrichment3
- 11 letters
- fecundation
- 12 letters
- impregnation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dressing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- fertilisation