Antonyms for sterile
ˈstɛr ɪl; esp. Brit. -aɪlster·ile

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1. sterileadjective

   Synonyms:
   barren, infertile

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1. sterile

   Antonyms:
   fruitful, fertile, productive, luxuriant, exuberant, cultivated

   Synonyms:
   barren, unfruitful, unproductive, desert, infertile

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1. sterile, unfertile, infertileadjective

   incapable of reproducing

   "an infertile couple"

   Antonyms:
   rank, conceptive, fecund, impregnable, originative, fertilizable, septic, fertile, infected, creative

   Synonyms:
   uninspired, uninventive, unfertile, unimaginative, infertile, aseptic

2. aseptic, sterileadjective

   free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms

   "a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"

   Antonyms:
   septic, rank, impregnable, infected, creative, conceptive, fertile, fecund, originative, fertilizable

   Synonyms:
   uninspired, unfertile, uninventive, unimaginative, infertile, aseptic

3. sterile, unimaginative, uninspired, uninventiveadjective

   deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention

   "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"

   Antonyms:
   conceptive, fecund, infected, creative, fertilizable, septic, rank, originative, impregnable, fertile

   Synonyms:
   uninventive, stereotypical, stereotyped, stereotypic, aseptic, unimaginative, unfertile, infertile, uninspired

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1. sterileadjective

   Synonyms:
   barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful, unprolific

How to use sterile in a sentence?

1. Warren E. Burger:

   Concepts of justice must have hands and feet or they remain sterile abstractions. The hands and feet we need are efficient means and methods to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and at the lowest possible cost.

2. Maya Angelou:

   A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

3. Dorothy DeBolt:

   Of course I don't always enjoy being a mother. At those times my husband and I hole up somewhere in the wine country, eat, drink, make mad love and pretend we were born sterile and raise poodles.

4. Abigail Harding:

   We had always [all] our lives been told -- it wasn't true -- that Nan released that book for smear purposes, that Harding had mumps and was sterile, i said OK, and I'd repeat that answer -- I remember -- when people were asking.

5. Jodi Sherman:

   You certainly need to use sterile and disposable goods.

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