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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

Warren has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Turki Alalshikh and Sela in recent years, but the arrival of the Dana White-fronted Zuffa Boxing, jointly owned by Sela and TKO, has caused tension behind the scenes.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

If the talks are fruitful, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen could visit Australia later this month.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

I found it fascinating, a lot more substantial and scientific than Freud had been, and a lot more fruitful in terms of expanding testable knowledge on how human beings thought and learned.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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