fruitful

Meaning

1. Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.
2. Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

Opposite of

barren, infertile, unfruitful

Synonyms

fertile

productive

prolific

profitable

fecund

successful

effective

beneficial

rich

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be fertile

efficacious

pimply

plentiful

grassy

bearing fruit

fruit-bearing

effectual

seminal

impregnable

loamy

opulent

plenteous

rank

rewarding

thrive

viable

worth

worthwhile

bear fruit

be effective

fruiting

philoprogenitive

be plentiful

boundtiful

be productive

not barren

yielding fruit

of great vitality

abundant

bearing much fruit false

advantageous

ample

be useful

bountiful

childbearing

childing

conceptive

copious

fat

favorable

Translations

fruchtbar

fecondo

vruchtbaar

fructífero

fruttuoso

fructueux

fértil

fertile

καρποφόρος

fécond

fecundo

fertile

fruttifero

fértil

fruitier

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹuːtfəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fruitefull

Cognate with Dutch: vruchtvol

Cognate with German: fruchtvoll

Cognate with Swedish: fruktfull

In summary

From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit + -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.