productive

pro·duc·tive  (pr-dktv, pr-)

adj.

1. Producing or capable of producing.

2. Producing abundantly; fertile. See Synonyms at fertile.

3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive.

4. Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value.

5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative: policies productive of much harm.

6. Medicine

a. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.

b. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.

7. Linguistics

a. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing.

b. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix -ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.

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pro·ductive·ly adv.

pro·ductive·ness n.

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productive

Adjective

1. producing or having the power to produce

2. yielding favourable results

3. Econ producing goods and services that have exchange value: the country's productive capacity

4. (foll. by of)resulting in: a period highly productive of books and ideas

productivity n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" creative, originative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination" fertile - capable of reproducing fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply" profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market" successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture" unproductive - not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
	2.	productive - having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" generative
	3.	productive - yielding positive results successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"
	4.	productive - marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" fertile, rich, fat fruitful - productive or conducive to producing in abundance; "be fruitful and multiply"

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productive

adjective 1. fertile, rich, producing, prolific, plentiful, fruitful, teeming, generative, fecund << OPPOSITE barren

adjective 2. creative, dynamic, vigorous, energetic, inventive

adjective 3. useful, rewarding, valuable, profitable, effective, worthwhile, beneficial, constructive, gratifying, fruitful, advantageous, gainful << OPPOSITE useless

Translations

productive [prəˈdʌktɪv] adj → productivo

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productive [prəˈdʌktɪv] product adj → productif/ive

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productive [prəˈdʌktɪv] adj → produktiv

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productive [prəˈdʌktɪv] adj → produttivo/a