fruitful

American  

[froot-fuhl] / ˈfrut fəl /

adjective

1. producing good results; beneficial; profitable.

   fruitful investigations.

   Antonyms:

   barren

2. abounding in fruit, as trees or other plants; bearing fruit abundantly.

3. producing an abundant growth, as of fruit.

   fruitful soil; fruitful rain.

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fruitful British  

/ ˈfruːtfʊl /

adjective

1. bearing fruit in abundance

2. productive or prolific, esp in bearing offspring

3. causing or assisting prolific growth

4. producing results or profits

   a fruitful discussion

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Related Words

See productive.

Other Word Forms

• fruitfully adverb
• fruitfulness noun
• overfruitful adjective
• overfruitfully adverb
• overfruitfulness noun

Etymology

Origin of fruitful

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; fruit + -ful

Example Sentences

It was a fruitful and rewarding line of research.

From The Wall Street Journal

These recording sessions were especially fruitful, yielding “Motion I,” released a year ago, and this follow-up, “Motion II.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. ambassador to Turkey earlier this month tweeted that recent conversations about Washington’s potentially selling F-35 fighter jets to Ankara have been “fruitful.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Plenty of working families are raising children and having fruitful social lives on median incomes or even less: Living thriftily is not the same as living penuriously or meanly.

From Los Angeles Times

Santos believes the partnership can be a fruitful one.

From BBC

Related Words

• advantageous
• beneficial
• conducive
• effective
• profitable
• rewarding
• successful
• useful
• worthwhile