| n. | 1. | The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; |
| Noun | 1. | fertility - the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year |
| 2. | fertility - the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring Synonyms: fecundity Antonyms: infertility, sterility - the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | |
| 3. | fertility - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining growth; "he praised the richness of the soil" Synonyms: prolificacy, richness |
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