productive
having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
producing readily or abundantly; fertile: a productive vineyard.
causing; bringing about (usually followed by of): conditions productive of crime and sin.
Economics. producing or tending to produce goods and services having exchange value.
Grammar. (of derivational affixes or patterns) readily used in forming new words, as the suffix -ness.
(in language learning) of or relating to the language skills of speaking and writing (opposed to receptive).
Origin of productive
1synonym study For productive
Other words for productive
Opposites for productive
Other words from productive
- pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
- pro·duc·tive·ness, noun
- pro·duc·tiv·i·ty [proh-duhk-tiv-i-tee], /ˌproʊ dʌkˈtɪv ɪ ti/, noun
- an·ti·pro·duc·tive, adjective
- an·ti·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
- sem·i·pro·duc·tive, adjective
- sem·i·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
- un·pro·duc·tive, adjective
- un·pro·duc·tive·ly, adverb
- un·pro·duc·tive·ness, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for productive
/ (prəˈdʌktɪv) /
producing or having the power to produce; fertile
yielding favourable or effective results
economics
producing or capable of producing goods and services that have monetary or exchange value: productive assets
of or relating to such production: the productive processes of an industry
(postpositive foll by of) resulting in: productive of good results
denoting an affix or combining form used to produce new words
Derived forms of productive
- productively, adverb
- productiveness, noun
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