Synonyms for infecund
- adjective
Most common
sterile barren unproductive fruitless infertile effete unfruitful unprolific
All synonyms
Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
infertile
Related words
- Word family
- infecundity
Example sentences
- sterile He has no descendants, he's likely sterile.
- barren Algeria's Sahara is barren and sparsely populated.
- unproductive The meeting ended up being futile and unproductive.
- fruitless After three fruitless attempts, he tried one last time.
- infertile She's pregnant, but her husband is infertile.
- effete The critics dismissed the film as an effete imitation of earlier, bolder works.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| infecund | steady | |
| sterile | falling | |
| barren | steady | |
| unproductive | steady | |
| fruitless | steady | |
| infertile | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- barren2, effete2
- 7 letters
- sterile2
- 8 letters
- acarpous
- 9 letters
- fruitless2, infertile3, unfertile
- 10 letters
- unfruitful, unprolific
- 12 letters
- unproductive4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (barren2 = 2 syllables).