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fertile

fertile

17 4.3
A mind that has many new ideas
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɜːrtəl/
translation icon : fértil
  • In the minds of some experts in the field, this is another fertile arena for arms control.
  • fertile imagination
  • fertile ground
  • fertile mind

And so this is really, they've really let me have a very fertile time in the archive.

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Examples

  • Paying attention in this way reveals every moment to be fertile and full of potential.

    Academic text (1999)

  • We all have the opportunity to plant new seeds of hope and to nurture new ideas in fertile minds.

  • It's amazing what my fertile mind can come up with.

    Porky's Revenge (1985)

  • Among all your sources of inspiration, what has been the most fertile reading?

    StarTalk

  • As I grow older, I know how important it is to access fertile young minds!

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The essay genre has been especially fertile ground, reaching a wide audience.

  • Education must plant a variety of seeds in the many fertile beds of a child's mind.

    Academic text (1998)

  • I told myself the place was an artist's garret, a fertile source of color and anecdote.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Such shifts, I would argue, provide fertile ground for posing radically diverse identities through performance.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Her fertile mind constantly generates innovative ideas for her art projects.

Synonyms

creative
vsfertile
772 3.3

Showing imagination to make art or new ideas

emphasizes quantity of idea generation rather than originality
productive
vsfertile
46 2.7

Giving large amounts of crops or fruit

highlights creative idea generation rather than general output volume
fruitful
vsfertile
43 3.9

Producing good, useful results

stresses the production of many new ideas rather than practical results
prolific
vsfertile
41 7.2

Making many creative works such as books, paintings, or inventions

refers more to the capacity to generate many new ideas
fecund
vsfertile
1 9.1

Able to produce many new ideas and works, like a writer

focuses more on producing many new ideas

Antonyms

uninspired
14 4.0

Not having new or interesting ideas

unimaginative
9 4.2

Does not show creativity or new ideas

Compounds

fertile soil
3 2.3

Ground that is rich in nutrients and helps plants grow well

Fertile Crescent
1 5.1

A curved area of rich farmland from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates where early farming and cities began

fertile period
1 4.6

Time in a woman's cycle when she is most likely to become pregnant

fertile phase
5.3

A time in a woman's monthly cycle when she is most likely to become pregnant

How Creative

visionary
47 6.3
fertile
17 4.3
creative
772 3.3
inventive
40 3.8
imaginative
60 3.7

Surface Forms

fertile positive
fertiler comparative
fertilest superlative

Etymology

Fertile comes from the Latin word fertilis, which means 'fruitful' or 'able to bear'. A fertile mind is one that can 'bear' many ideas, so the word also means very creative or productive.