Synonyms for fertile
ˈfɜr tl; esp. Brit. -taɪlfer·tile

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1. fertileadjective

   Antonyms:
   infertile

2. fertileadjective

   Antonyms:
   infertile

3. fertileadjective

   Antonyms:
   infertile

4. fertileadjective

   Antonyms:
   infertile

5. fertileadjective

   Antonyms:
   infertile

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1. fertile

   Synonyms:
   rich, luxuriant, teeming, productive, exuberant, causative, conducive, pregnant, fraught, prolific, fecund, fruitful, ingenious, inventive

   Antonyms:
   poor, sterile, barren, unproductive, ineffective, inconducive, fruitless, inoperative, uninventive, unimaginative

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1. fertileadjective

   capable of reproducing

   Synonyms:
   prolific, productive, fecund, rich, fat

   Antonyms:
   sterilised, sterile, barren, unfruitful, unproductive, unfertile, sterilized, infertile, unfertilized, unfertilised, unimpregnated

2. fecund, fertile, prolificadjective

   intellectually productive

   "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"

   Synonyms:
   prolific, fat, fecund, productive, rich

   Antonyms:
   sterilized, unfertilized, unfertilised, sterilised, barren, unfruitful, infertile, unproductive, unfertile, unimpregnated, sterile

3. prolific, fertileadjective

   bearing in abundance especially offspring

   "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"

   Synonyms:
   prolific, fat, fecund, productive, rich

   Antonyms:
   unproductive, unfertile, unimpregnated, unfruitful, sterile, infertile, unfertilized, sterilised, barren, unfertilised, sterilized

4. fat, fertile, productive, richadjective

   marked by great fruitfulness

   "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"

   Synonyms:
   fat, fecund, fatty, generative, robust, full-bodied, juicy, copious, deep, plentiful, racy, productive, ample, rich, prolific, plenteous

   Antonyms:
   unfertile, unproductive, unfertilised, barren, unfruitful, unfertilized, sterilised, infertile, sterile, sterilized, unimpregnated

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. fertileadjective

   Synonyms:
   prolific, fecund, not barren

2. fertileadjective

   Synonyms:
   fruitful, productive, rich, plenteous, luxuriant, exuberant, teeming

3. fertileadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Bot.) fruit-bearing

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1. fertileadjective

   Synonyms:
   fruitful, fecund, pistillate

   Antonyms:
   infertile infecund, barren

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1. List of paraphrases for "fertile":

   fecund, fruitful, child-bearing, rich, productive

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1. Omar Sharam:

   It's illogical to have a grand plan for urban agriculture given how fertile the land is in Venezuela.

2. Deputy Health Minister Eduardo Espinoza:

   We'd like to suggest to all the women of fertile age that they take steps to plan their pregnancies, and avoid getting pregnant between this year and next.

3. Laith Ahmed:

   They own some of the most fertile farms in Iraq, so it's beyond me why they chose to take the side of the armed militants.

4. Adam Balen:

   There had previously been uncertainty as to whether ovarian tissue taken from young girls would later on be competent to produce mature, fertile eggs, so today's case is both reassuring and exciting.

5. Cicero:

   A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.