fertile
Able to grow plenty of healthy plants or crops.
fertile in a sentence
- The farmer planted his crops in the fertile soil by the river.
- Worms help to keep the garden soil fertile.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to fertile?
- Ainfertile
- Bbarren
- Cproductive
- Ddry
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C: productive. The other three mean the opposite of fertile.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to fertile?
- Afruitful
- Bproductive
- Crich
- Dbarren
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D: barren. The other three mean nearly the same as fertile.
Words that mean something similar
productive, rich, fruitful
Words that mean the opposite
barren, infertile, dry
More words about weather & nature
- flourish: To grow strongly and do very well.
- fragrant: Having a sweet, pleasant smell.
- frigid: Extremely cold.
- gale: A very strong wind.
- glorious: Wonderfully beautiful or impressive.
- humid: Warm and damp, with lots of moisture in the air.
- infest: To swarm over a place in large, unwanted numbers.
- lethal: Able to cause death.
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