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State of being creative. For example, an artist who is very prolific is said to be productive.
See also productivity.

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adjective

1. Producing or able to produce a desired effect: effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient. See thrive/fail/exist.
2. Capable of reproducing: fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific. Biology proliferous. See rich/poor.
3. Characterized by great productivity: fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich. See rich/poor.
4. Acting effectively with minimal waste: efficient. See industrious/lazy, thrive/fail/exist.

adj

Definition: fruitful, creative
Antonyms: fruitless, impotent, unfruitful, unproductive

(capable of) yielding a product, result, or benefit.

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Producing or forming. Said especially of (1) an inflammation that produces new tissue or of a cough that brings forth sputum or mucus, and (2) an animal or animal enterprise that has a net excess production which is available to the farmer and produced in a cost-effective operation.

• p. life — that part of an animal's life during which it is productive.

For a list of words related to productive, see:

• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - produktiv, frugtbar, værdiskabende

Nederlands (Dutch)
productief, met veel resultaat, (veel) producerend

Français (French)
adj. - productif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - produktiv, ertragreich, fruchtbar

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παραγωγικός, γόνιμος

Italiano (Italian)
produttivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - produtivo

Русский (Russian)
продуктивный, производительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - productivo, fructífero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fruktbar, bördig, produktiv, produktions-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
生产的, 生产性的, 多产的, 丰饶的, 肥沃的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 生產的, 生產性的, 多產的, 豐饒的, 肥沃的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 생산적인, 다산의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 生産力のある, 肥えた, 生産的な, 生じる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منتج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מועיל, יוצר, פורה, מביא ברכה, יצרני‬

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