fruitful

[ froot-fuhl ]

adjective

1. producing good results; beneficial; profitable:

   fruitful investigations.

   Antonyms: barren

2. abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants; bearing fruit abundantly.
3. producing an abundant growth, as of fruit:

   fruitful soil; fruitful rain.

fruitful

/ ˈfruːtfʊl /

adjective

1. bearing fruit in abundance
2. productive or prolific, esp in bearing offspring
3. causing or assisting prolific growth
4. producing results or profits

   a fruitful discussion

Derived Forms

• ˈfruitfulness, noun
• ˈfruitfully, adverb

Other Words From

• fruitful·ly adverb
• fruitful·ness noun
• over·fruitful adjective
• over·fruitful·ly adverb
• over·fruitful·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fruitful¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; fruit + -ful

Synonym Study

See productive.

Example Sentences

Owner Aurelio De Laurentiis had to right a few wrongs and hiring Conte as well as investing more than £100m in the summer transfer market is proving fruitful.

From BBC

During the first half of the 1970s, the two avenues proved equally fruitful, but after the triple-live album “Europe 72,” the scales started to tip toward the group’s stage work, at least for their legion of fans known as Deadheads.

From Los Angeles Times

The year 1986 proved to be fruitful on several fronts for Valenzuela.

From Los Angeles Times

“Be fruitful and multiply,” the command then came, “and replenish the Earth, and subdue it.”

From Los Angeles Times

But the eccentricity of “Sonny Boy” is part of its charm, and the book’s distinctive voice speaks to a fruitful collaboration between Pacino and Itzkoff, the first person Pacino thanks in his acknowledgments: “His considerable help and persistence got me to turn corners I never would have turned.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• advantageous
• beneficial
• conducive
• effective
• profitable
• rewarding
• successful
• useful
• worthwhile