Definition of sterile
Adjectives
incapable of reproducing
- Synonyms:
- infertile, unfertile
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unfruitful
not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production
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impotent
lacking power or ability
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unproductive
not producing or capable of producing
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barren
not bearing offspring
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sterilised, sterilized
made infertile
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unfertilised, unfertilized, unimpregnated
not having been fertilized
- Antonyms:
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fertile
capable of reproducing
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conceptive, impregnable
capable of conceiving
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fruitful
productive or conducive to producing in abundance
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potent, stiff, strong
having a strong physiological or chemical effect
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productive
producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)
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fecund
capable of producing offspring or vegetation
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fertilizable
capable of being fertilized
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rank
very fertile; producing profuse growth
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free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms
"a sterile operating area"
- Synonyms:
- aseptic
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antiseptic
thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention
"a sterile ideology lacking in originality"
- Synonyms:
- unimaginative, uninspired, uninventive
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uncreative
not creative
Vocabulary Lists for sterile
- Abies
- abortive
- acacia
- acarine
- acaulescent
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- sand dollar
- petty bourgeoisie
- petit bourgeois
- peckerwood
- Yoruba
- Albert
- antique
- archduke
- arid
- back