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Fertility

The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertility of soil, or of imagination.

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Fecundity 76% connected

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great number…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Fecund 74% connected

Fruitful in children; prolific.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fecund 74% connected

Fruitful in children; prolific.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rich 74% connected

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rich 74% connected

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fertile 66% connected

Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fertile 66% connected

Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Infertile 66% connected

Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

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Infertile 66% connected

Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.

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Sterile 66% connected

Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

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Sterile 66% connected

Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Unfertile 66% connected

Not fertile; infertile; barren.

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Unfertile 66% connected

Not fertile; infertile; barren.

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Fecundity 92% connected

The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great number…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prolificacy 92% connected

Prolificness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Rankness 92% connected

The condition or quality of being rank.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Richness 92% connected

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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