fecundity
Prolific breeding capacity
Fecundity is the capacity to produce offspring or new growth abundantly.
The term applies literally to biological reproduction—a species with high fecundity produces many young.
It extends to intellectual or creative output: the fecundity of her imagination, a poet of remarkable fecundity.
The word carries connotations of richness and generative power rather than mere quantity.
Producing abundantly and often
- plentifulExisting in abundance
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
- copiousExisting in abundance
- ampleFully sufficient, even excessive
lush · teeming · overflowing · profuse · luxuriant · cornucopia · bounty · plenitude
Copying or procreation
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- conceptionFormation of an idea
germination · pollination · breeding · fertilization · propagation · insemination · impregnation · spawn
Faculty for forming ideas
- inventionNew device or method
- originalityNovel creative quality
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
generativity · ideation · brainstorming · innovation · productivity · artistic · prolific · visionary
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- carrying capacityPopulation an environment sustains
- populationAll inhabitants combined
species · habitat · niche · reproduction · predation · adaptation · survival · natural selection
Newborns per capita measure
- mortalityState of eventual death
- population growthIncrease in inhabitants over time
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
urbanization · overpopulation · census · natality · replacement rate · baby boom · life expectancy
prolific
Producing abundantly and often
ample · lush · teeming · overflowing · profuse · luxuriant · cornucopia · bounty · plenitude · profusion
reproduction
Copying or procreation
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
conception · germination · pollination · breeding · fertilization · propagation · insemination · impregnation · spawn · offspring
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- inventionNew device or method
- originalityNovel creative quality
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
ingenuity · generativity · ideation · brainstorming · innovation · productivity · artistic · prolific · visionary · expressiveness
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- biomassLiving material in aggregate
- carrying capacityPopulation an environment sustains
population · species · habitat · niche · reproduction · predation · adaptation · survival · natural selection · evolution
birthrate
Newborns per capita measure
- mortalityState of eventual death
- population growthIncrease in inhabitants over time
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
emigration · urbanization · overpopulation · census · natality · replacement rate · baby boom · life expectancy
- fertilityfertility, infertility, conception, reproduction, ovulation
- life historyreproductive strategy, parental care, litter size, lifespan, longevity
- population dynamicsbirth rate, population size, death rate, growth rate, mortality rate
- population ecologypopulation density, population growth, carrying capacity, population size, birth rate
- evolutionevolution, natural selection, mutation, adaptation, speciation
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
fecunditysterility
Absence of microbes or fertility
infertility · barrenness · infecundity · impotence · childlessness
fecunditysterility
Absence of microbes or fertility
barrenness · unproductiveness · aridity · dearth · emptiness
fecunditybarrenness
Inability to bear fruit
sterility · aridity · infertility · desolation · wasteland