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fruitful

fruit·ful
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [froot-fuh l]
    • /ˈfrut fəl/
    • /ˈfruːt.fəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [froot-fuh l]
    • /ˈfrut fəl/

Definitions of fruitful word

  • adjective fruitful producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations. 1
  • adjective fruitful abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants; bearing fruit abundantly. 1
  • adjective fruitful producing an abundant growth, as of fruit: fruitful soil; fruitful rain. 1
  • noun fruitful (of a tree, a plant, or land) producing much fruit; fertile. 1
  • adjective fruitful productive 1
  • adjective fruitful profitable 1

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Origin of fruitful

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at fruit, -ful

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Parts of speech for Fruitful

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

fruitful popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for fruitful

adj fruitful

  • profitable — yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • beneficial — Something that is beneficial helps people or improves their lives.
  • useful — being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
  • worthwhile — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
  • effective — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.

adjective fruitful

  • productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • prosperous — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.

Antonyms for fruitful

adj fruitful

  • disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
  • useless — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
  • worthless — without worth; of no use, importance, or value; good-for-nothing: a worthless person; a worthless contract.
  • unfavorable — not favorable; contrary; adverse: an unfavorable wind.
  • impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.

adjective fruitful

  • fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
  • unfavourable — Unfavourable conditions or circumstances cause problems for you and reduce your chances of success.

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