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procreant

procreant

9.5
Able to produce young or seeds
  • adjective
  • /ˈproʊkriənt/
translation icon : procreante

Examples

  • But this bird hath made his pendant bed and procreant cradle where they most breed and hunt.

  • Some plants are highly procreant, producing hundreds of seeds each season.

  • Certain species of fish are known for being procreant, laying thousands of eggs in a single spawning.

  • Farmers often choose procreant livestock to ensure a successful breeding season.

Synonyms

reproductive
vsprocreant
139 4.5

Relating to making new living things like babies or young animals

describes the ability to produce offspring rather than the general process
fertile
vsprocreant
24 2.8

A living thing that can have many young or seeds

focuses on producing offspring in animals or people rather than plant yield
procreative
vsprocreant
3 6.9

Relating to producing young

is used more for producing offspring rather than general creation
progenitive
vsprocreant
  • Archaic
9.5

Able to produce offspring or new things

focuses specifically on producing offspring rather than general creation
philoprogenitive
vsprocreant
9.9

Producing many young animals or plants

indicates ability to reproduce without implying exceptionally high numbers
nonsterile
vsprocreant
  • Specialized
4.9

Able to have babies or produce seeds

expresses the same ability but as a positive, not a negated state

Antonyms

infertile
19 5.2

Not able to have babies or other young

sterile
19 5.3

Unable to have babies or make seeds

How Fertile

prolific
7 6.0
fecund
1 9.1
procreant
9.5
fertile
24 2.8
infertile
19 5.2
sterile
19 5.3

Surface Forms

procreant positive

Morphology

procreant = procreate (transparent) = procreate + ant

Formed by adding the adjectival/agentive suffix '-ant' to the verb 'procreate', so the meaning 'producing offspring' is directly derived.

Etymology

Procreant comes from Latin parts pro- 'forward' and creare 'to create', the same root as the English word create. So when fields or animals are called procreant, it means they can 'create forward' — in other words, they produce young or are fertile.