fertileness

Ability to reproduce

Fertileness is the quality of being fertile—the capacity to produce abundantly.

The word applies to soil that grows crops readily, to organisms capable of reproduction, or to minds that generate ideas freely.

Fertility is the more common noun form; fertileness appears mainly when emphasizing the state or condition itself rather than the general concept.

reproduction

fecundity

Reproductive capacity

reproductive · offspring · conception · ovulation · virility · potency · proliferation · multiplication · spawn · brood

abundance

bounty

Reward for capture

cornucopia · profusion · copiousness · teeming · overflowing · ample · luxuriance · plenitude · fruitfulness · bountiful

creativity

imagination

Faculty for forming ideas

generative · productivity · inspiration · ingenuity · resourcefulness · ideas · innovation · vision · fluency · expressiveness

growth

germination

Seed's initial growth phase

cultivation · nurturing · sowing · blooming · ripening · maturation · yielding · harvesting · horticulture · husbandry

soil

loam

Fertile soil mixture

  • humusDecayed organic soil matter
  • topsoilNutrient-rich surface earth
  • compostDecayed organic fertilizer

nutrients · manure · mulch · peat · earthworms · vermicompost · organic · microbes · nitrogen · phosphorus

Opposites
reproductive capacity

fertilenesssterility

Absence of microbes or fertility

infertility · barrenness · infecundity · unfruitfulness · sterileness

agricultural productivity

fertilenessbarrenness

Inability to bear fruit

sterility · infertility · aridity · unproductiveness · desolation

creative/intellectual productivity

fertilenessbarrenness

Inability to bear fruit

sterility · unproductiveness · stagnation · dullness · fruitlessness

Family

fertile, fertilize, fertility, fertilizer, infertile, sterility, infertility, fertilizing, fertilized

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G