1. Producing or capable of producing. 2. Producing abundantly; fertile. See synonyms at fertile. 3. Yielding favorable or useful results; constructive. 4.Economics Of or involved in the creation of goods and services to produce wealth or value. 5. Effective in achieving specified results; originative: policies productive of much harm.6.Medicinea. Producing mucus or sputum: a productive cough.b. Forming new tissue: a productive inflammation.7.Linguisticsa. Of or relating to the linguistic skills of speaking and writing. b. Of or relating to a linguistic element or rule that can be used to form further examples of a particular feature or pattern. The English past tense suffix ed is productive since it continues to be added to new verbs to form the past tense.