PRODUCTIVE

fat, fertile, productive, rich

(adjective) marked by great fruitfulness; “fertile farmland”; “a fat land”; “a productive vineyard”; “rich soil”

productive

(adjective) producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); “productive farmland”; “his productive years”; “a productive collaboration”

generative, productive

(adjective) having the ability to produce or originate; “generative power”; “generative forces”

productive

(adjective) yielding positive results

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

productive (comparative more productive, superlative most productive)

Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.

Yielding good or useful results; constructive.

Of, or relating to the creation of goods or services.

(linguistics, of an affix or word construction rule) Consistently applicable to any of an open set of words.

(medicine) Of a cough, producing mucus or sputum from the respiratory tract.

(medicine) Of inflammation, producing new tissue.

(set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

Usage notes

In English, the plural suffix “-es” is productive because it can be appended to an open set of words (singular nouns ending in sibilants). Thus, if a new word with that pattern becomes an English noun (e.g. *examplex), it would have a default plural (e.g. *examplexes) because “-es” is productive.

Synonyms

• See also productive

Antonyms

• counterproductive, counter-productive

• unproductive

• nonproductive

• destructive

• baneful

• ruinous

Source: Wiktionary

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Pro*duc"tive, a. Etym: [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.]

1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products.

2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. And kindle with thy own productive fire. Dryden. This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. Spectator.

3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable.

– Pro*duc"tive*ly, adv.

– Pro*duc"tive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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