productive
If you're productive, that means you do a lot — you create or produce large amounts of something. A productive worker makes more widgets than the shirker who keeps sneaking out to gossip and drink coffee.
The word productive often describes a person's capability to do a lot of work, but is can refer to anything that produces a lot. The land in your area might be the most productive in the state, meaning crops grow very well there. Productive can be used more broadly to describe something that produces a positive result. For example, you might have a productive conversation with your mom about your college plans, or you might make a productive investment.
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producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly)“productive farmland”“his productive years”“a productive collaboration”
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creative, originative
having the ability or power to create
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fertile
capable of reproducing
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fruitful
productive or conducive to producing in abundance
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amentaceous, amentiferous
(of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins
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arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable
(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively
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fecund, fertile, prolific
intellectually productive
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fur-bearing
of animals having fur (especially of commercial quality)
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nut-bearing
(of shrubs or trees) producing nuts
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oil-bearing
containing oil
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rich
very productive
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profitable
yielding material gain or profit
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successful
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
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unproductive
not producing or capable of producing
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uncreative
not creative
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infertile, sterile, unfertile
incapable of reproducing
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bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
unproductive of success
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dry
unproductive especially of the expected results
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nonproductive
not directly productive
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unprofitable
producing little or no profit or gain
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creative, originative
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having the ability to produce or originate
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synonyms:
generative
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consumptive
tending to consume or use often wastefully
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exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive
tending to exploit or make use of
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consumptive
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yielding positive results
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successful
having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome
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successful
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marked by great fruitfulness
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