English Explanatory Dictionary

fruitful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈfɹuːtfl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fruitful.wav

Word forms

fruitful more fruitful most fruitful fruitfull

Etymology

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

Synonyms

fruitious fructive fructuous productive prolific pregnant batful fertile fruitful thriving yielding yieldly voluminous

Antonyms

barren infertile unfruitful

Derived words

fruitfully fruitfulness interfruitful overfruitful
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