FECUNDITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth

Synonyms:

fecundity; fruitfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fecundity" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fecundity"):

fertility; prolificacy; rankness; richness (the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth)

productiveness; productivity (the quality of being productive or having the power to produce)

Meaning:

The intellectual productivity of a creative imagination

Synonyms:

fecundity; fruitfulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fecundity" is a kind of...):

Derivation:

fecund (intellectually productive)

Meaning:

The state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring

Synonyms:

fecundity; fertility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("fecundity" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Attribute:

fertile (capable of reproducing)

infertile; sterile; unfertile (incapable of reproducing)

Derivation:

fecund (capable of producing offspring or vegetation)