fertile

Meanings

Adjective

capable of reproducing

Adjective Satellite

intellectually productive
bearing in abundance especially offspring
marked by great fruitfulness
- "fertile farmland"

Adj

Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
Of one's imagination, etc.: active, productive, prolific.
Capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful.
Capable of developing past the egg stage.
Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“I bear, carry”).

Synonyms

batful, childing, fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, pregnant, productive, prolific, rich, thriving, voluminous, yielding, yieldly

Antonyms

barren, infertile, sterile

Scrabble Score: 10

fertile is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fertile is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fertile is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

fertile is a valid Words With Friends word