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- pronunciation:
- pr
lI
fihk
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
producing young or new growth in abundance; fertile.
Weeds are highly prolific plants.- synonyms:
- fecund, fertile
- antonyms:
- barren
- similar words:
- fruitful, generative, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, productive, proliferative, yielding
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| definition 2: |
creating new works or ideas in abundance; productive.
Charles Dickens was a prolific author who completed fourteen novels.- synonyms:
- fecund, productive
- antonyms:
- unproductive
- similar words:
- creative, fertile, generative
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| related words: |
bounteous, bountiful, exuberant, rich |
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| derivations: |
prolifically (adv.), prolificness (n.) |
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