Antonyms for sterileness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ster-il or, esp. British, -ahyl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɛr ɪl or, esp. British, -aɪl |
Definition of sterileness
Origin :- early 15c., "barren" (implied in sterility), from Middle French stérile "not producing fruit," from Latin sterilis "barren, unproductive," from PIE *ster- "sterile, barren" originally "stiff, rigid" (cf. Greek steresthai "be deprived of," steira "sterile," stereos "firm, solid, stiff, hard;" Sanskrit starih "a barren cow;" Old Church Slavonic sterica "a barren cow;" Gothic stairo "barren;" Old Norse stirtla "a barren cow"). See torpor. Originally in English with reference to soil; of females, from 1530s. The sense of "sterilized" is first recorded 1877.
- noun dullness
Synonyms for sterileness
- aridity
- asepticism
- blandness
- boredom
- colorlessness
- commonplaceness
- drabness
- dreariness
- dryness
- familiarity
- flatness
- flavorlessness
- insipidity
- insipidness
- jejuneness
- lifelessness
- monotomy
- routine
- sameness
- slowness
- staleness
- sterility
- stodginess
- tediousness
- tedium
- uninterestingness
- vapidity
- vapidness
- weariness
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