Antonyms for fertile

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fur-tl or, esp. British, -tahyl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr tl or, esp. British, -taɪl

Definition of fertile

Origin : mid-15c., from Middle French fertil and directly from Latin fertilis "bearing in abundance, fruitful, productive," from ferre "to bear" (see infer). Fertile Crescent (1914) was coined by U.S. archaeologist James H. Breasted (1865-1935).

adj ready to bear, produce

Example sentences :

That his land may be fertile and he himself abide in security.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

Even the fertile vale, in the hollow of which it lay, had ceased to have existence.
Extract from : « The Miraculous Pitcher » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Well, I will lead you into the most fertile plains in the world.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

From this we gather that his mind was fertile in expedients.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

The coast, and especially the southern extremity, are fertile.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various

The neighbouring country was fertile, in proportion to its distance from this spot.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

The children had not noticed her, and Meg had a fertile mind.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

The mongrels are, so far as we know, fertile with one another.
Extract from : « The Conditions Of Existence As Affecting The Perpetuation Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley

And by this meanes your plot shall be fertile for your life.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

Before them stretched a landscape of rolling hills and fertile valleys.
Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent

Synonyms for fertile

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