fruitful — [fro͞ot′fəl] adj. [ME] 1. bearing much fruit 2. producing much; productive; prolific 3. producing results; profitable [a fruitful plan] SYN. FERTILE fruitfully adv. fruitfulness n … English World dictionary
fruitful — index fertile, gainful, lucrative, operative, productive, profitable, prolific, successful Burton s Legal T … Law dictionary
fruitful — c.1300, of trees, from FRUIT (Cf. fruit) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Fruitfully; fruitfulness. Of animals or persons from early 16c.; of immaterial things from 1530s … Etymology dictionary
fruitful — fecund, prolific, *fertile Analogous words: reproducing or reproductive, propagating, breeding (see corresponding verbs at GENERATE): bearing, producing or productive, yielding (see corresponding verbs at BEAR): teeming, abounding (see TEEM):… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fruitful — [adj] productive abounding, abundant, advantageous, beneficial, blooming, blossoming, breeding, childing, conducive, copious, effective, fecund, fertile, flourishing, flush, fructiferous, gainful, plenteous, plentiful, profitable, profuse,… … New thesaurus
fruitful — ► ADJECTIVE 1) producing much fruit; fertile. 2) producing good results; productive. DERIVATIVES fruitfully adverb fruitfulness noun … English terms dictionary
fruitful — [[t]fru͟ːtfʊl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is fruitful produces good and useful results. We had a long, happy, fruitful relationship... The talks had been fruitful, but much remained to be done. Syn: successful Derived words: fruitfully ADV… … English dictionary
fruitful — fruit|ful [ˈfru:tfəl] adj 1.) producing good results ≠ ↑fruitless ▪ Today s meeting proved more fruitful than last week s. ▪ a busy and fruitful time ▪ Annual business reports were a fruitful source of information. 2.) literary land that is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fruitful — fruitfully, adv. fruitfulness, n. /frooht feuhl/, adj. 1. producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations. 2. abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants; bearing fruit abundantly. 3. producing an abundant growth, as of… … Universalium
fruitful — adjective 1 something you do that is fruitful has good results: Today s meeting proved more fruitful than last week s. opposite fruitless 2 literary land that is fruitful produces a lot of corn, vegetables, fruit etc fruitfully adverb… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
