PROLIFIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prolific mean? • PROLIFIC (adjective)
The adjective PROLIFIC has 2 senses:
1. intellectually productive
2. bearing in abundance especially offspring
Familiarity information: PROLIFIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PROLIFIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Intellectually productive
Synonyms:
prolific; fecund; fertile
Context examples:
a prolific writer / a fecund imagination
Similar:
productive (producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly))
Meaning:
Bearing in abundance especially offspring
Synonyms:
prolific; fertile
Context examples:
flying foxes are extremely prolific / a prolific pear tree
Similar:
fruitful (productive or conducive to producing in abundance)
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