Antonyms of adj unfruitful
1 sense of unfruitful
Sense 1
unfruitful (vs. fruitful) -- (not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production)
fruitful (vs. unfruitful) -- (productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply")
=> berried, baccate, bacciferous -- (producing or bearing berries)
=> blue-fruited -- (bearing blue fruit)
=> bountiful, plentiful -- (producing in abundance; "the bountiful earth"; "a plentiful year"; "fruitful soil")
=> breeding -- (producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes")
=> dark-fruited -- (bearing dark fruit)
=> fat, fertile, productive, rich -- (marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil")
=> generative, procreative, reproductive -- (producing new life or offspring; "the reproductive potential of a species is its relative capacity to reproduce itself under optimal conditions"; "the reproductive or generative organs")
=> high-yield -- (yielding a large amount of agricultural or industrial production)
=> oval-fruited -- (bearing oval fruit)
=> prolific, fertile -- (bearing in abundance especially offspring; "flying foxes are extremely prolific"; "a prolific pear tree")
=> red-fruited -- (bearing red fruit)
=> round-fruited -- (bearing round fruit)
=> small-fruited -- (bearing small fruit)
Similarity of adj unfruitful
1 sense of unfruitful
Sense 1
unfruitful (vs. fruitful) -- (not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production)
=> abortive, stillborn, unsuccessful -- (failing to accomplish an intended result; "an abortive revolt"; "a stillborn plot to assassinate the President")
=> acarpous -- (producing no fruit)
=> childless -- (without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen")
Also See-> sterile#1, unfertile#1, infertile#1