Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Sterile

• (a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.
• (a.) Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.
• (a.) Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.
• (a.) Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.

Synonyms of Sterile

• Unfertile
• Infertile
• Aseptic
• Unimaginative
• Uninspired
• Uninventive

Antonyms of Sterile

• Fertile

Homophones of Sterile

• Sterol