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- 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
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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
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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
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definition 4: |
causing (usu. fol. by "of").
Your lax attitude is productive of chaos.- synonyms:
- causing, responsible for
- similar words:
- generative, yielding
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related words: |
active, arable, effective, efficient, fruitful, lush, practical, thrifty, valid |
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derivations: |
productively (adv.), productiveness (n.), productivity (n.) |
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