Antonyms of adj fecund

2 senses of fecund

Sense 1
fecund -- (capable of producing offspring or vegetation)

INDIRECT (VIA fertile) -> sterile, unfertile, infertile -- (incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple")

Sense 2
fecund, fertile, prolific -- (intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination")

INDIRECT (VIA productive) -> unproductive -- (not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries")

Similarity of adj fecund

2 senses of fecund

Sense 1
fecund -- (capable of producing offspring or vegetation)
       => fertile (vs. sterile) -- (capable of reproducing)

Sense 2
fecund, fertile, prolific -- (intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund imagination")
       => productive (vs. unproductive) -- (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration")

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