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- pronunciation:
- pr
duhk
tihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
capable of producing, or engaged in constructive activity.
The soil has been robbed of nutrients and is no longer productive.He was once a successful writer, but he lost his ambition and has not been productive for years.I can't stand just staying in bed all day; I need to be productive.- synonyms:
- effective, fertile, fruitful, generative
- antonyms:
- barren, infertile, unproductive
- similar words:
- creative, effectual, efficacious, fecund, pregnant, prolific, useful
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definition 2: |
producing easily or in large quantities.
The farm is more productive at different times of the year.
- synonyms:
- fecund, fertile, fruitful, plenteous, prolific
- antonyms:
- barren, infertile, unproductive
- similar words:
- busy, industrious, luxuriant, plentiful, rich
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definition 3: |
producing useful or helpful results; constructive.
As a number decisions were reached, we considered it a productive meeting.- synonyms:
- beneficial, constructive, useful
- antonyms:
- unproductive
- similar words:
- fruitful, gainful, helpful, profitable, remunerative, valuable, worthwhile
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definition 4: |
causing (usu. fol. by "of").
Your lax attitude is productive of chaos.- synonyms:
- causing, responsible for
- similar words:
- generative, yielding
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related words: |
active, arable, effective, efficient, fruitful, lush, practical, thrifty, valid |
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derivations: |
productively (adv.), productiveness (n.), productivity (n.) |
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