infertile | Definition of infertile

Synonyms and Antonyms of infertile

1 not able to produce fruit or offspring

an infertile cow is of limited use to a farmer

Synonyms of infertile

barren, fruitless, impotent, sterile, unfruitful

Words Related to infertile

altered, desexed, neutered, sterilized

castrated, emasculated, gelded

Near Antonyms of infertile

fecund, luxuriant, productive, prolific

enriched, fertilized, rich

impregnated, pregnant

bearing, producing, yielding

blooming, bursting, flourishing, swarming, teeming

Antonyms of infertile

fat, fertile, fruitful

2 producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation

only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought

Synonyms of infertile

barren, bony (also boney), dead, desolate, hardscrabble, impoverished, poor, stark, unfertile, unproductive, waste

Words Related to infertile

bleak, inhospitable, lifeless

uncultivable, untillable

bankrupted, consumed, debilitated, depleted, diminished, drained, dried-up, enfeebled, exhausted, expended, lessened, reduced, spent, used up

arid, desert, droughty, dry, rainless, sere (also sear), thirsty, waterless

baked, dehydrated, parched, sunbaked

Near Antonyms of infertile

arable, tillable

green, sylvan, verdant

Antonyms of infertile

fertile, fruitful, lush, luxuriant, productive, rich