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prolific
pro·lif·ic P0590800 (prə-lĭf′ĭk)adj.1. Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile: a prolific variety of grape.2. Producing or characterized by abundant works or results: a prolific artist; a prolific period in a writer's life. See Synonyms at fertile.
[French prolifique, from Medieval Latin prōlificus : Latin prōlēs, prōl-, offspring; see al- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficus, -fic.]
pro·lif′i·ca·cy (-ĭ-kə-sē), pro·lif′ic·ness (-ĭk-nĭs) n.pro·lif′i·cal·ly adv.prolific (prəˈlɪfɪk) or prolificaladj1. producing fruit, offspring, etc, in abundance2. producing constant or successful results3. (often foll by: in or of) rich or fruitful[C17: from Medieval Latin prōlificus, from Latin prōlēs offspring] proˈlifically adv proˈlificness, proˈlificacy npro•lif•ic (prəˈlɪf ɪk)
adj. 1. producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful. 2. highly productive: a prolific writer. 3. characterized by abundant production: a prolific year. [1640–50; < Medieval Latin prōlificus fertile] pro•lif•i•ca•cy (prəˈlɪf ɪ kə si) n. pro•lif′i•cal•ly, adv. syn: See productive. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | prolific - intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination"fecund, fertileproductive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" | | 2. | prolific - bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree"fertilefruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply" |
prolificadjective1. productive, creative, fertile, inventive, copious a prolific writer of novels and short stories2. fruitful, fertile, abundant, rich, rank, teeming, bountiful, luxuriant, generative, profuse, fecund Closer planting will give you a more prolific crop.
fruitful barren, sterile, fruitless, unproductive, infertile, unfruitful, unprolificprolificadjective1. Capable of reproducing:fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive.Biology: proliferous.2. Characterized by great productivity:fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive, rich.Translations
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pro·lif·ic (prō-lif'ik), Fruitful; bearing many children or offspring. [L. proles, offspring, + facio, to make] prolific (prə-lĭf′ĭk)adj. Producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile: a prolific variety of grape.
pro·lif′i·ca·cy (-ĭ-kə-sē), pro·lif′ic·ness (-ĭk-nĭs) n.pro·lif′i·cal·ly adv.prolific (pro-lif'ik) [L. prolificus] Fruitful; reproductive. Synonym: fertileprolific
Synonyms for prolificadj productiveSynonyms- productive
- creative
- fertile
- inventive
- copious
adj fruitfulSynonyms- fruitful
- fertile
- abundant
- rich
- rank
- teeming
- bountiful
- luxuriant
- generative
- profuse
- fecund
Antonyms- barren
- sterile
- fruitless
- unproductive
- infertile
- unfruitful
- unprolific
Synonyms for prolificadj capable of reproducingSynonyms- fecund
- fertile
- fruitful
- productive
- proliferous
adj characterized by great productivitySynonyms- fecund
- fertile
- fruitful
- productive
- rich
Synonyms for prolificadj intellectually productiveSynonymsRelated Wordsadj bearing in abundance especially offspringSynonymsRelated Words |