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generative

[jen-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv] / ˈdʒɛn ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
fertile
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abundant arable fruitful lush productive rich
WEAK
bearing black bountiful breeding breedy bringing forth childbearing childing fecund feracious flowering flowing with milk and honey gravid hebetic loamy luxuriant plenteous plentiful pregnant procreant producing proliferant prolific puberal pubescent rank spawning teeming uberous vegetative virile with child yielding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
barren impotent sparse unfruitful unproductive
WEAK
fruitless infertile sterile useless
ADJECTIVE
procreative
Synonyms
WEAK
childbearing conceptive generating procreant reproducing
ADJECTIVE
productive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous beneficial constructive dynamic effective energetic fertile gratifying profitable prolific rewarding useful valuable vigorous worthwhile
WEAK
fecund gainful inventive plentiful producing rich teeming
Antonyms
STRONGEST
barren disadvantageous fruitless hurting idle impotent inactive lethargic unhelpful unproductive useless valueless weak worthless
WEAK
unfruitful
ADJECTIVE
reproductive
Synonyms
WEAK
conceptive generating procreative reproducing
ADJECTIVE
sexual
Synonyms
STRONGEST
carnal erotic intimate passionate reproductive sensual
WEAK
animal animalistic bestial fleshly genital genitive loving procreative sharing venereal voluptuous wanton
Antonyms
STRONGEST
chaste cold cool dull frigid
WEAK
asexual nonsexual
ADJECTIVE
fruitful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous beneficial conducive effective profitable rewarding successful useful worthwhile
WEAK
abounding abundant blooming blossoming breeding childbearing childing copious fecund fertile flourishing flush fructiferous gainful plenteous plentiful profuse proliferant prolific propagating reproducing rich spawning well-spent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disadvantageous unfavorable unhelpful unprofitable useless worthless
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barren impotent sterile unfruitful unproductive

Example Sentences

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Now, over half of Americans, according to the Brookings Institution, use generative AI regularly for personal reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Training AI models requires huge amounts of computing power -- much more than for processing generative AI queries, which is known as inference.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Instead, the WGA was able to expand access to AI information and require mandatory meetings if companies that develop artificial intelligence technology hope to license writers’ work to train generative AI systems.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Therefore, she thinks Google will lead the pack when it comes to return on invested capital from generative AI over the next decade.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

These generative forces make themselves felt through the power of an idea long before their organizational forms can openly challenge the establishment.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey