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productive

/pɹʌdˈʌktɪv/adjective3 syllables

Productive means: producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly).

Synonyms for productive20

adjective, as in producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)

amentiferous, amentaceous, arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable, fecund, fertile, prolific, fur-bearing, nut-bearing, oil-bearing, rich, creative, originative, fruitful, profitable, successful

adjective, as in marked by great fruitfulness

adjective, as in having the ability to produce or originate

generative

adjective, as in yielding positive results

Opposites of productive

unproductive

What does productive mean?4

adjective

1

producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)“productive farmland”

2

marked by great fruitfulness“fertile farmland”

3

having the ability to produce or originate“generative power”

4

yielding positive results

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with productive?8

three syllables

destructiveconstructiveseductiveconductiveinstructiveobstructive

four syllables

reproductiveunproductive
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Productive in a sentence

  • In terms of development, the site was productive.urro
  • Americans spend most of their lives working, being productive.unknown
  • Algeria still doesn't have a productive, diversified and modern economy.Amastan
  • Unfortunately, our conversation was more frustrating than productive.AlanF_US
  • Algeria needs to transform its desert areas into crop-yielding productive lands.Amastan
  • All-nighters are never as productive as they seem.FeuDRenais
  • Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.Scott
  • Yanni promised himself this year would be the year he would be more productive.Amastan

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