fallow

The word “fallow” has 2 syllables: fal-low.

It's pronounced as /ˈfæloʊ/.


What is synonym and antonym for fallow?

In the thesaurus, “fallow” has 12 synonyms and 12 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fallow along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fallow

Antonyms for fallow

  • active
  • alive
  • busy
  • employed
  • functioning
  • going
  • living
  • on
  • operating
  • operational
  • operative
  • working

Meanings of fallow

  • noun
    1. Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
    2. Uncultivated land.
    3. The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
  • adjective
    1. (of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
    2. (of agricultural land) Left unworked and uncropped for some amount of time.
    3. Inactive; undeveloped.
    4. (color) Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
  • verb
    1. To make land fallow for agricultural purposes.

Example Sentences

  • Farmers often leave fields fallow to allow the soil to replenish its nutrients.
  • The once-productive farmland now lay fallow and overgrown with weeds.
  • The fallow period gave the land a chance to recover from years of intensive cultivation.
  • We walked through the fallow meadow, noticing the absence of crops or grazing animals.
  • The garden remained fallow during the winter months, awaiting spring planting.

On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fallow, such as: active, alive, busy, dead, dormant, employed, functioning.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abeyant

  • arrested
  • dormant
  • fallow
  • idle
  • inactive
  • inert
  • inoperative
  • interrupted
  • latent
  • off
  • suspended
  • unoccupied
  • unused
  • vacant

vegetating

  • arrested
  • asleep
  • burgeoning
  • chilling
  • dormant
  • fallow
  • fledgling
  • growing
  • idle
  • idling
  • incipient
  • inert
  • latent
  • lazing
  • lethargy
  • lifeless
  • loafing
  • nascent
  • nonproductive
  • promising
  • quiescent
  • relaxing
  • resting
  • sleepy
  • sluggishness
  • stagnating
  • stagnation
  • unproductive

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