Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

FERTILE

barren

The most appropriate antonym of the word fertile is barren.

• Fertile means producing or capable of producing an abundance of offspring or new growth; highly productive.
• Barren means not producing offspring or new growth; unable to conceive or bear children.

The other words do not have the opposite meaning of fertile.

• Fruitful means producing or yielding good results.
• Strong means having or showing great physical or mental power; vigorous.
• Productive means producing or capable of producing something.