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. Munin Das:

   The land on both sides is equally fertile, however we suffer as we don’t have any irrigation facilities there. This takes a major toll on our land on the other side of the border, we have been traditionally dependent on the rainwater for our cultivation (for) generations, but now as the rainfall has become unpredictable, it is not possible.

2. 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.

3. Daniel Hooper:

   Most gynandromorph individuals are infertile, but this one may actually be fertile as the left side is female, and only the left ovary in birds is functional.

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. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   There’s always something that you sacrifice with each of your choices. When you choose you and your dreams, and you commit to them no matter what, you sacrifice the excuses, the stories, the old limiting beliefs; providing a rich ground of fertile soil for the seeds of your dreams to germinate.