productive

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #11124

Meanings

1

adj
Getting a lot done; achieving good results.

It was a productive morning, and I finished all my emails.
2

adj
Able to produce a lot, especially crops or goods.

The rich soil makes this land very productive.
3

adj
Leading to useful or helpful results.

We had a productive discussion and agreed on a plan.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · able to produce a lot,... fertile rich

More batfulfruitful pregnant prolific thriving voluminous yieldingyieldly

Opposites

baneful barrencounter-productivecounterproductive destructive fruitlessnon-productivenonproductiveruinous sterile unproductive

Word family

Forms productively

Derived forms bioproductivecontraproductivehyperproductivehypoproductiveimproductiveosteoproductiveoverproductivepreproductiveproductivismproductivistproductivizesemiproductive

Related forms abundantproductivelyproductiveness productivity

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Phrases (1)

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productive farmland
agricultural land that yields plentiful crops or other farm output

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.

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# productive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 11124

## Meanings
1. Getting a lot done; achieving good results.
2. Able to produce a lot, especially crops or goods.
3. Leading to useful or helpful results.

## Examples
- It was a productive morning, and I finished all my emails.
- The rich soil makes this land very productive.
- We had a productive discussion and agreed on a plan.

## Synonyms
- batful
- fertile
- fruitful
- pregnant
- prolific
- thriving
- voluminous
- yielding
- yieldly

## Antonyms
- baneful
- barren
- counter-productive
- counterproductive
- destructive
- fruitless
- non-productive
- nonproductive
- ruinous
- sterile
- unproductive

## Derived Forms
- bioproductive
- contraproductive
- hyperproductive
- hypoproductive
- improductive
- osteoproductive
- overproductive
- preproductive
- productivism
- productivist
- productivize
- semiproductive

## Related Forms
- abundant
- productively
- productiveness
- productivity

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive.

## AI Etymology
Productive: Late Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Late Latin dūcō Late Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Late Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Borrowed from Late Latin productivus, equivalent to product + -ive. In present-day English it covers getting a lot done; achieving good results, able to produce a lot, especially crops or goods, and leading to useful or helpful results. The wider family includes derived forms such as bioproductive, contraproductive, hyperproductive, hypoproductive, improductive and related forms such as abundant, productively, productiveness, productivity.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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