Maternity Synonyms and Antonyms

mə-tûrnĭ-tē
Being pregnant with child
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. motherliness
  2. maternalism
  3. maternalness
  4. maternal quality
Antonyms:
  1. paternity
The kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. motherhood
  2. pregnancy
  3. gestation
  4. parenthood
  5. childbearing
  6. mothership
  7. motherliness

Words Related to Maternity

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. maternity-paternity
  2. OML
  3. leave-pay
  4. family leave
  5. childcare
  6. maternity-adoption

Maternity Sentence Examples

  • Didn't you realize you would have to buy some maternity clothes?

  • It has a Carnegie library (a branch of the public library of Cincinnati) and a Catholic maternity hospital.

  • Second, find out when the general manager of the fast food joint where she worked was returning from maternity leave.

  • Moreover, the more recent celebrity mom trend has been an inspiration to fields of both baby and maternity apparel, leading some designers to take a great interest in nursing bras.

  • If an employe is ill during her unpaid maternity leave she may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay or state Incapacity Benefit.

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