fruitful

== English == === Alternative forms === fruitfull (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit +‎ -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹuːtfl̩/ Hyphenation: fruit‧ful === Adjective === fruitful (comparative more fruitful, superlative most fruitful) Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren. Synonyms: fructive, fructuous Antonyms: barren, infertile, unfruitful Hypernym: fertile Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:productive Antonym: unfruitful ==== Synonyms ==== fruitious (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “fruitful”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “fruitful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.