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generative

[jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv] / ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /

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fertile adj.
procreative adj.
productive adj.
reproductive adj.
sexual adj.
fruitful adj.

ADJECTIVE

fertile

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abundant arable fruitful lush productive rich

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bearing black bountiful breeding breedy bringing forth childbearing childing fecund feracious flowering flowing with milk and honey gravid hebetic loamy luxuriant plenteous plentiful pregnant procreant producing proliferant prolific puberal pubescent rank spawning teeming uberous vegetative virile with child yielding

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barren impotent sparse unfruitful unproductive

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fruitless infertile sterile useless

ADJECTIVE

procreative

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childbearing conceptive generating procreant reproducing

ADJECTIVE

productive

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advantageous beneficial constructive dynamic effective energetic fertile gratifying profitable prolific rewarding useful valuable vigorous worthwhile

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fecund gainful inventive plentiful producing rich teeming

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barren disadvantageous fruitless hurting idle impotent inactive lethargic unhelpful unproductive useless valueless weak worthless

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unfruitful

ADJECTIVE

reproductive

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conceptive generating procreative reproducing

ADJECTIVE

sexual

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carnal erotic intimate passionate reproductive sensual

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animal animalistic bestial fleshly genital genitive loving procreative sharing venereal voluptuous wanton

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chaste cold cool dull frigid

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asexual nonsexual

ADJECTIVE

fruitful

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

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disadvantageous unfavorable unhelpful unprofitable useless worthless

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barren impotent sterile unfruitful unproductive

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Having been upstaged by the arrival of ChatGPT in late 2022, Google has emerged as a pacesetter in generative AI since spring 2024 following recent advances.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

On Thursday, scientists announced that they’d used generative AI to create a new family of viruses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

By 2023, though, advancements in generative AI made it clear that Rattle needed to incorporate the new technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

They said it was no longer a question of "whether generative viral genome design will exist" but whether it can be used without "enabling serious harm".

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

These generative forces make themselves felt through the power of an idea long before their organizational forms can openly challenge the establishment.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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