Word meaning

prolific

adjective · pruh-LIF-ik

What does prolific mean?

Prolific means producing much fruit, many offspring, or many works.

Prolific in a sentence

“Agatha Christie was a prolific writer, with over sixty detective novels.”

Synonyms for prolific

  • productive
  • fruitful
  • fertile

How to remember prolific

  • Say it out loud a few times: pruh-LIF-ik.
  • Write one sentence of your own using prolific, about something that happened to you today.
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