adjective

productive

pruh-DUHK-tihv

adjective

Getting a lot done; generating good results efficiently.

"It was a productive meeting — we covered everything on the list."

"The soil here is very productive for growing crops."

How to Use Productive

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishGetting good results, or capable of making a lot.

Common pairings

highly productive productive day productive land

more productive comparative, most productive superlative

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Borrowed from Late Latin prōductīvus, from the same root as produce.

prolific pregnant batful fertile thriving fruitful yielding yieldly voluminous

baneful barren counterproductive counter-productive destructive nonproductive non-productive unproductive

abundant hard evil destructive loud sterile weak infertile

Ive five give dive live hive jive vive olive drive alive waive

prolific pregnant batful fertile thriving fruitful yielding yieldly voluminous baneful barren counterproductive