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

Warren has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Turki Alalshikh and Sela in recent years, but the arrival of the Dana White-fronted Zuffa Boxing, jointly owned by Sela and TKO, has caused tension behind the scenes.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

"Final negotiations have been focused and fruitful, and we are now very optimistic that we will land this historic trade deal," an EU official said Monday speaking on condition of anonymity.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

It was a fruitful and rewarding line of research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

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 • Dec. 10, 2025

Then as the ages passed and people no longer believed that the earth needed blood to be fruitful, all that was cruel in the story would be dropped and in the end forgotten.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Related Words

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