fructify
Become productively fruitful
Fructify means to bear fruit or make fruitful.
The word appears mostly in figurative contexts—ideas fructify when they develop into something productive, investments fructify when they yield returns: Years of research finally fructified in a breakthrough.
The term is somewhat literary and formal; in everyday speech, people more often say bear fruit or pay off.
To grow vigorously
- thriveFlourish with vigor
- prosperSucceed and flourish
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
burgeon · proliferate · germinate · sprout · mature · develop · grow · ripen
Becoming ready to eat
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- harvestGathering mature crops
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
orchard · produce · bounty · fecundity · pollination · seed · pip · drupe
Generating useful output
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- fertileAble to reproduce abundantly
- generativeAble to produce or create
- bountifulPlentiful and generous
abundant · rich · lush · luxuriant · teeming · profuse · copious · plentiful
Producing financial benefit
- lucrativeYielding substantial profit
- rewardingProviding satisfaction or benefit
- gainfulProducing monetary benefit
- remunerativeYielding financial gain
beneficial · advantageous · yield · return · dividend · profit · proceeds · revenue
flourish
To grow vigorously
blossom · burgeon · proliferate · germinate · sprout · mature · develop · grow · ripen · flower
ripening
Becoming ready to eat
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- harvestGathering mature crops
- yieldProduce or relinquish
crop · orchard · produce · bounty · fecundity · pollination · seed · pip · drupe · pome
productive
Generating useful output
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- fertileAble to reproduce abundantly
- generativeAble to produce or create
bountiful · abundant · rich · lush · luxuriant · teeming · profuse · copious · plentiful · fecund
profitable
Producing financial benefit
- lucrativeYielding substantial profit
- rewardingProviding satisfaction or benefit
- gainfulProducing monetary benefit
remunerative · beneficial · advantageous · yield · return · dividend · profit · proceeds · revenue · earnings
fructifyfail
Be unsuccessful
wither · come to nothing · come to naught · die on the vine · abort