Synonyms for sterility
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Sterileness
2. Barrenness
barrenness, infertility, aridity, infecundity, unproductiveness, unfruitfulness
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state or quality of being sterile.
Forms
- Plural
- sterilities → asepses, antisepses, barrennesses, infertilities…
Example sentences
- infertility Female hormone imbalance is a major cause of infertility.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sterility | falling | |
| antisepsis | steady | |
| asepsis | steady | |
| infertility | rising | |
| barrenness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- aridity, asepsis, abiosis
- 10 letters
- barrenness, antisepsis
- 11 letters
- infertility5, sterileness, infecundity
- 14 letters
- unfruitfulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (infertility5 = 5 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- stérilité
- Italiano
- sterilità
- Català
- esterilitat