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pro·duc·tive

productive

 
 
pronunciation:
pr duhk tihv
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part of speech: adjective
definition 1: capable of producing, or engaged in constructive activity.
The soil has been robbed of nutrients and is no longer productive.He was once a successful writer, but he lost his ambition and has not been productive for years.I can't stand just staying in bed all day; I need to be productive.
synonyms:
effective, fertile, fruitful, generative
antonyms:
barren, infertile, unproductive
similar words:
creative, effectual, efficacious, fecund, pregnant, prolific, useful
definition 2: producing easily or in large quantities.
The farm is more productive at different times of the year.With better management, the workers are more productive.The highy productive novelist puts out at least one novel per year.
synonyms:
fecund, fertile, fruitful, plenteous, prolific
antonyms:
barren, infertile, unproductive
similar words:
busy, industrious, luxuriant, plentiful, rich
definition 3: producing useful or helpful results; constructive.
As a number decisions were reached, we considered it a productive meeting.
synonyms:
beneficial, constructive, useful
antonyms:
unproductive
similar words:
fruitful, gainful, helpful, profitable, remunerative, valuable, worthwhile
definition 4: causing (usu. fol. by "of").
Your lax attitude is productive of chaos.
synonyms:
causing, responsible for
similar words:
generative, yielding
derivations: productively (adv.), productiveness (n.), productivity (n.)
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