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Synonyms for sterile
ˈstɛr ɪl; esp. Brit. -aɪlster·ile
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sterile
Synonyms:
barren, unfruitful, unproductive, desert, infertileAntonyms:
fruitful, fertile, productive, luxuriant, exuberant, cultivated
Princeton's WordNet
sterile, unfertile, infertileadjective
incapable of reproducing
"an infertile couple"
Synonyms:
uninspired, uninventive, unfertile, unimaginative, infertile, asepticAntonyms:
rank, conceptive, fecund, impregnable, originative, fertilizable, septic, fertile, infected, creativeaseptic, sterileadjective
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
"a sterile operating area"; "aseptic surgical instruments"; "aseptic surgical techniques"
Synonyms:
uninspired, unfertile, uninventive, unimaginative, infertile, asepticAntonyms:
septic, rank, impregnable, infected, creative, conceptive, fertile, fecund, originative, fertilizablesterile, 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"
Synonyms:
uninventive, stereotypical, stereotyped, stereotypic, aseptic, unimaginative, unfertile, infertile, uninspiredAntonyms:
conceptive, fecund, infected, creative, fertilizable, septic, rank, originative, impregnable, fertile
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sterileadjective
Synonyms:
barren, unfruitful, fruitless, unproductive, unprolific, infecund, addle, ACARPOUS, jejune, poor
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sterileadjective
Synonyms:
barren, infecund, unproductive, unfruitful, unprolific
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#836 | rock | |
#4409 | desert | |
#17502 | sterile | |
#24369 | unhelpful | |
#24547 | barren | |
#26975 | futile | |
#42475 | stereotypical | |
#43825 | tailings | |
#48116 | fruitless | |
#48348 | unproductive | |
#49116 | sterility | |
#55394 | infertile | |
#55892 | aseptic | |
#59823 | stereotyped | |
#65532 | uninspired | |
#87036 | unimaginative | |
#160246 | unfruitful | |
#182349 | stereotypic |
How to use sterile in a sentence?
Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it's a product of an assembly line.
Safety and sanitation is our primary job, there are a lot of things that can happen with wine because it’s an organic product -- microbiological things. The environment needs to be sterile. That’s why stainless steel is important.
We like to say it's more sterile than the surface of the moon when we're done with it.
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it.
Since hybrids are usually sterile, it means there was a remarkable level of energy devoted to constantly capturing and raising wild onagers, breeding them with domestic donkeys and then training these teams of prestigious kungas( which would only last for one generation).
Translations for sterile
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- عقيمArabic
- estèrilCatalan, Valencian
- sterilní, neplodnýCzech
- sterilDanish
- unfruchtbar, sterilGerman
- estérilSpanish
- steriiliFinnish
- stérileFrench
- बाँझHindi
- sterilHungarian
- ստերջ, չբեր, ամուլArmenian
- infertile, sterileItalian
- 不妊, 無菌の, 不毛Japanese
- bakteriaqanngitsoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- sterilisLatin
- onvruchtbaar, sterielDutch
- bezpłodnyPolish
- estérilPortuguese
- бесплодный, стерильныйRussian
- sterilSwedish
- மலட்டுTamil
- جراثیم سے پاکUrdu
- vô sinh, vô trùngVietnamese
- 无菌Chinese
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