Antonyms of adj stillborn

2 senses of stillborn

Sense 1
abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful -- (failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President")

INDIRECT (VIA unfruitful) -> fruitful -- (productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply")

Sense 2
stillborn -- ((of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby")

INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> alive, live -- (possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary")

Similarity of adj stillborn

2 senses of stillborn

Sense 1
abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful -- (failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President")
       => unfruitful (vs. fruitful) -- (not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production)

Sense 2
stillborn -- ((of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn; "a stillborn baby")
       => dead (vs. alive) -- (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin")

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