'Productive' definitions:

Definition of 'productive'

From: WordNet
adjective
Producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" [ant: unproductive]
adjective
Having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces" [syn: generative, productive] [ant: consumptive]
adjective
Yielding positive results
adjective
Marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" [syn: fat, fertile, productive, rich]

Definition of 'Productive'

From: GCIDE
  • Productive \Pro*duc"tive\, a. [F. productif, L. productivus fit for prolongation.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Having the quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; as, productive soil; productive enterprises; productive labor, that which increases the number or amount of products. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Bringing into being; causing to exist; producing; originative; as, an age productive of great men; a spirit productive of heroic achievements. [1913 Webster]
  • And kindle with thy own productive fire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • This is turning nobility into a principle of virtue, and making it productive of merit. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Producing, or able to produce, in large measure; fertile; profitable. [1913 Webster] -- {Pro*duc"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Pro*duc"tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]