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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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. Hisham Genena:

   Sisi repeatedly called for fighting corruption... Why did he allow this to happen? corruption is very dangerous... corruption fosters and creates a fertile environment for the growth of terrorism.

2. Maxim Behar:

   At first glance, total transparency, fast communication, and the unrestricted use of media presuppose a fertile ground for manipulation, which may be one reason the world is becoming so cautious. But transparency doesn`t have that much to do directly and specifically with manipulation.

3. Kipp Davis:

   It was the fertile soil that made the sale of forged Dead Sea Scroll fragments not just easy but extremely profitable, my hope is that this is something that prompts these institutions to approach these questions with a more critical eye.

4. Michael Li:

   State courts have proven to be surprisingly fertile territory for this, courts in both Republican states and Democratic states have been willing to strike down maps from the party in charge.

5. Nur Jazlan:

   I think the Paris situation can also be transplanted here, in Southeast Asia, where we also have fertile ground for recruitment of such operatives who will receive directives from Syria to carry out attacks, such attacks, they hope, will glamorize terrorism and therefore attract more people to join their cause.