Sterile Synonyms and Antonyms

stĕrəl, -īl
Incapable of producing young
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. infertile
  2. barren
  3. impotent
  4. childless
  5. unfruitful
  6. infecund
  7. unfertile
  8. issueless
  9. without issue
Antonyms:
  1. fertile
  2. productive
  3. potent
Incapable of producing vegetation
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. barren
  2. unfruitful
  3. unproductive
  4. arid
  5. fruitless
  6. infertile
  7. desolate
  8. fallow
  9. waste
  10. desert
  11. antiseptic
  12. dry
  13. aseptic
  14. bioclean
  15. clean
  16. dead
  17. disinfected
  18. geld
  19. bleak
  20. hygienic
  21. gaunt
  22. impotent
  23. ineffective
  24. infecund
  25. sanitary
  26. unprolific
Antonyms:
  1. rich
  2. productive
  3. fertile
Free or freed from microorganisms
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sanitized
  2. aseptic
  3. sterilized
Without intellectual interest
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. unimaginative
  2. uninspired
  3. uninventive
  4. uninspiring
  5. uncreative
  6. stupid
  7. stale
  8. unoriginal
Scrupulously clean
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. antiseptic
  2. septic
  3. arid
  4. aseptic
  5. disinfected
  6. colorless
  7. drab
  8. decontaminated
  9. dry
  10. dull
  11. germ-free
  12. earthbound
  13. flat
  14. sterilized
  15. flavorless
  16. lackluster
  17. uninfected
  18. lifeless
  19. lusterless
  20. sanitary
  21. matter-of-fact
  22. pedestrian
  23. hygienic
  24. prosaic
  25. spiritless
  26. pasteurized
  27. stodgy
  28. unimaginative
  29. uninspired
Antonyms:
  1. productive
  2. dirty
  3. fertile
  4. infected
  5. contaminated
  6. rich
  7. fruitful
Unprofitable
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fruitless
  2. profitless
  3. unproductive

Words Related to Sterile

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sterile Sentence Examples

  • The sterile scent tickled Brady's nostrils.

  • It doesn't have to be sterile for us.

  • She followed, uninterested in the sterile glass and stainless steel landscape.

  • She is a sterile flower, you know--like some strawberry blossoms.

  • On the higher elevations it is generally stony and sterile, but in the valleys and on many of the lower hills, where it consists largely of clay and sand, it is quite productive.

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