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Definitions

fruitful

[froot-fuhl] / ˈfrut fəl /
ADJECTIVE
productive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous beneficial conducive effective profitable rewarding successful useful worthwhile
WEAK
abounding abundant blooming blossoming breeding childbearing childing copious fecund fertile flourishing flush fructiferous gainful plenteous plentiful profuse proliferant prolific propagating reproducing rich spawning well-spent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disadvantageous unfavorable unhelpful unprofitable useless worthless
WEAK
barren impotent sterile unfruitful unproductive

Example Sentences

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So far, Vanguard’s efforts on that front have been fruitful.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

This is an event that has traditionally been a very fruitful one for Great Britain, which has won medals on all but one of the six occasions the event has been held.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

Yet for musicians and listeners, the freedom and context it suggests have grown increasingly commonplace, more welcome and fruitful than ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

But legal fights over voter identification and housing have been less fruitful.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

It was the mandrake, which fools say expels demons and makes women fruitful, but screams when pulled from the earth.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.