FRUITFUL

fruitful

(adjective) productive or conducive to producing in abundance; “be fruitful and multiply”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

fruitful (comparative more fruitful, superlative most fruitful)

Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.

Synonym: fertile

Antonyms: barren, infertile, unfruitful

Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

Synonym: Thesaurus:productive

Antonym: unfruitful

Source: Wiktionary

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Fruit"ful, a.

Definition: Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife.

– Fruit"ful*ly, adv.

– Fruit"ful*ness, n. Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. Gen. i. 28. [Nature] By disburdening grows More fruitful. Milton. The great fruitfulness of the poet's fancy. Addison.

Syn.

– Fertile; prolific; productive; fecund; plentiful; rich; abundant; plenteous. See Fertile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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