Definition for Sterile:

• Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.

Synonyms for Sterile:

• adj.

  •antiseptic (adjective)
  • prophylactic,
  • pure,
  • germicidal,
  • germ-free,
  • clean,
  • germfree,
  • unpolluted.
  •barren (adjective)
  • unfertile,
  • unproductive,
  • impoverished.
  •clean (adjective)
  • pure,
  • unstained,
  • neat,
  • hygienic,
  • clean,
  • spick-and-span,
  • fastidious,
  • straight,
  • orderly,
  • pristine,
  • immaculate,
  • sanitary,
  • refined,
  • spotless,
  • stainless,
  • uncontaminated,
  • unsoiled,
  • tidy,
  • Taintless,
  • unsullied.
  •dead (adjective)
  • inoperative,
  • useless,
  • exhausted.
  •desert (adjective)
  • uninhabited,
  • untilled.
  •effete (adjective)
  • unprolific.
  •fruitless (adjective)
  • ineffective,
  • unsuccessful,
  • Gainless,
  • idle,
  • abortive,
  • unavailing,
  • profitless,
  • pointless,
  • ineffectual.
  •futile (adjective)
  • impracticable,
  • impractical,
  • hollow,
  • worthless,
  • bootless,
  • otiose,
  • nugatory.
  •hygienic (adjective)
  • salubrious,
  • salutary,
  • healthy,
  • uncontaminated,
  • healthful,
  • wholesome.
  •impotent (adjective)
  • feeble,
  • weak,
  • inadequate,
  • impotent,
  • enfeebled.
  •insufficient (adjective)
  • inadequate.
  •pristine (adjective)
  • Taintless.
  •pure (adjective)
  • pasteurized.
  •sterile (adjective)
  • empty,
  • waste,
  • without issue,
  • aseptic,
  • fruitless,
  • unprolific,
  • futile,
  • decontaminated,
  • desolate,
  • uninfected,
  • sanitary,
  • Disinfected,
  • gaunt,
  • vain,
  • fallow,
  • barren,
  • bare,
  • dead,
  • effete,
  • sterilized,
  • bleak,
  • dry,
  • arid,
  • hygienic,
  • germ-free,
  • septic,
  • pasteurized,
  • desert,
  • unprofitable,
  • antiseptic,
  • infertile,
  • unfruitful,
  • Infecund,
  • impotent.
  •unproductive (adjective)
  • fallow,
  • effete,
  • infertile,
  • childless,
  • unfruitful,
  • unfertile,
  • unproductive,
  • barren.
  •unprofitable (adjective)
  • unremunerative,
  • unrewarding.
  •useless (adjective)
  • otiose.

• n.

  •
  • impotent,
  • tedious,
  • dreary.
  •
  • desolate,
  • dry,
  • arid,
  • desert,
  • fertility,
  • fruitless,
  • empty,
  • bleak,
  • gaunt,
  • waste,
  • infertility.
  •
  • septic,
  • sterilized.
  •
  • heated,
  • stale,
  • dull.
  •
  • sanitized.
  •
  • unoriginal.
  •
  • flavorless,
  • flat,
  • drab,
  • lusterless,
  • lackluster,
  • earthbound,
  • stodgy,
  • colorless,
  • pedestrian,
  • prosaic,
  • lifeless,
  • matter of fact,
  • spiritless.
  •sterile (noun)
  • barren,
  • uninspired,
  • uninventive,
  • aseptic,
  • antiseptic,
  • unimaginative,
  • unfertile,
  • uncreative,
  • infertile.
  •unproductiveness (noun)
  • infertility.
  •unprofitable (noun)
  • profitless,
  • worthless,
  • fruitless,
  • useless.

• v.

  •defeated (verb)
  • unsuccessful.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sanitized,
  • sterilized,
  • infertility,
  • unoriginal,
  • dry,
  • void.
  •
  • fertility,
  • harmless,
  • effete,
  • matter of fact,
  • earthbound,
  • stodgy,
  • pedestrian.
  •
  • heated,
  • lackluster,
  • flavorless,
  • spiritless,
  • colorless,
  • prosaic,
  • lusterless.
  •
  • lifeless,
  • poor,
  • drab.
  •
  • flat.
  •
  • dull.
  •barren
  • arid.
  •sterile
  • impotent.
  •valueless
  • worthless.
  •Other relevant words:
  • idle,
  • void,
  • worthless,
  • wooden,
  • wasted,
  • clear,
  • boiled,
  • earthbound,
  • cleanse,
  • tame,
  • uninhabited,
  • depressed,
  • stale,
  • unpolluted,
  • pointless,
  • destroy,
  • lackluster,
  • arid,
  • ineffectual,
  • Tenantless,
  • healthful,
  • vapid,
  • deserted,
  • stereotyped,
  • Infecund,
  • dismal,
  • sterilization,
  • infertility,
  • worn-out,
  • pale,
  • hollow,
  • inadequate,
  • etiolated,
  • sterilized,
  • Unlively,
  • stiff,
  • cancel,
  • unprolific,
  • healthy,
  • drained,
  • feckless,
  • heated,
  • dead,
  • without issue,
  • lifeless,
  • unrewarding,
  • addle,
  • uninhabitable,
  • unblemished,
  • barrenness,
  • paltry,
  • pedestrian,
  • stodgy,
  • vacant,
  • sucked dry,
  • lusterless,
  • feeble,
  • Inexcitable,
  • prosaic,
  • inoperative,
  • sanitation,
  • impoverished,
  • invalid,
  • anaemic,
  • drought,
  • Half-hearted,
  • unavailing,
  • fruitless,
  • heavy,
  • Rewardless,
  • ponderous,
  • ho-hum,
  • useless,
  • stupid,
  • lean,
  • superficial,
  • terminate,
  • matter of fact,
  • salubrious,
  • unfertilized,
  • sterilisation,
  • Miscarrying,
  • jejune,
  • of no effect,
  • meagre,
  • pallid,
  • Whey-faced,
  • unfortunate,
  • antiseptic,
  • half-baked,
  • exhausted,
  • fruitlessness,
  • poor,
  • Drearisome,
  • Disinfected,
  • rudimentary,
  • low-spirited,
  • uninventive,
  • germ-free,
  • uncultivated,
  • sanitisation,
  • unfertilised,
  • cold,
  • futile,
  • nullify,
  • abortive,
  • insignificant,
  • slow,
  • drop,
  • unmixed,
  • draggy,
  • spiritless,
  • fertility,
  • celibate,
  • stereotypical,
  • uninspired,
  • Issueless,
  • blank,
  • straight,
  • nonproductive,
  • sterility,
  • eject,
  • tasteless,
  • aridity,
  • unspoilt,
  • septic,
  • emaciated,
  • null and void,
  • waterless,
  • unplowed,
  • salutary,
  • insipid,
  • barren,
  • stark,
  • desert,
  • flat,
  • bare,
  • unimaginative,
  • germicidal,
  • bleak,
  • gelded,
  • unsown,
  • dreary,
  • abort,
  • aseptic,
  • elephantine,
  • Unpractical,
  • plodding,
  • otiose,
  • weak,
  • dry,
  • devoid,
  • sanitized,
  • disappoint,
  • hygiene,
  • menopausal,
  • bootless,
  • unadulterated,
  • sterilised,
  • addled,
  • untainted,
  • unoriginal,
  • vacuous,
  • expel,
  • noncreative,
  • poky,
  • pasteurized,
  • unusable,
  • leaden,
  • meager,
  • purify,
  • flavorless,
  • unmarred,
  • purified,
  • vain,
  • acarpous,
  • desolate,
  • decontaminated,
  • ineffective,
  • unspoiled,
  • prophylactic,
  • bad,
  • gaunt,
  • nugatory,
  • enfeebled,
  • non-productive,
  • Disinfect,
  • harmless,
  • Leached,
  • effete,
  • fail,
  • lame,
  • aridness,
  • dull,
  • profitless,
  • tedious,
  • puny,
  • fade,
  • undefiled,
  • colorless,
  • characterless,
  • purposeless,
  • unremunerative,
  • stereotypic,
  • unoccupied,
  • untilled,
  • impracticable,
  • unimpregnated,
  • fatuous,
  • unprofitable,
  • Fatuitous,
  • empty,
  • Teemless,
  • flimsy,
  • germfree,
  • asepsis,
  • stuffy,
  • virgin,
  • Dryasdust,
  • unserviceable,
  • waste,
  • solemn,
  • impractical,
  • bloodless,
  • inefficacious,
  • unsuccessful,
  • uncreative,
  • blah,
  • fizzle,
  • untenanted,
  • uninfected,
  • no-account,
  • Gainless,
  • counterproductive,
  • drab,
  • dried-up,
  • pristine,
  • sanitization,
  • impotent,
  • wholesome,
  • inane,
  • no-good.

Antonyms for Sterile:

• adj.

  • antiseptic
    polluted, unsterile, unsanitary, unclean, contaminated.
  • barren
    fertile, filled, fecund, useful, developing, growing, full.
  • dead
    animate, animated, alive, working, active, operative, live.
  • desert
    cultivated.
  • fruitless
    plentiful, successful, profitable, potent, copious.
  • futile
    hopeful.
  • hygienic
    filthy, Unpure, infected, foul, diseased.
  • impotent
    capable, strong, able.
  • sterile
    fruitful, productive, dirty.
  • Other antonyms:
    impregnable, nasty, potent, sickening, conceptive, besmirched, originative, blooming, noxious, fertilized, infectious, sordid, unwholesome, uncleanly, miasmic, infected, unhealthful, grungy, toxic, insanitary, draggled, yielding, defiled, rank, unclean, germy, mucky, smirched, dirty, dingy, pathogenic, swarming, unhealthy, tainted, teeming, grimy, flourishing, unsterile, unsterilized, fertilizable, dusty, bearing, sullied, grubby, muddy, unhygienic, unsanitary, soiled, impregnated, luxuriant, unwashed, foul, filthy, insalubrious, fat, bursting, bedraggled, Pathogenetic, stained, poisonous, pregnant.

Homophones for Sterile:

• sisterly, sidereal, sectral, stairwell, ski trail, show trial, suctorial, sectorial, statutory law, sterol, southerly, sweet roll, stroll.