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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.
It's very shiny and clean looking and very sterile.
The idea that there is a straight trade-off between freedoms and security is, to my mind, a bit sterile.
It's as though the Sunni community is sterile, not able to produce new faces, THEIR VOICES ARE LOUD.
You certainly need to use sterile and disposable goods.
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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