Maternity

Noun

 * 1) The state of being a mother; motherhood.
 * 2) The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
 * 3) A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

Synonyms

 * maternity ward

Antonyms

 * paternity

Related terms

 * maternity bra
 * maternity leave
 * maternity wear

Verbs for Maternity
anticipate—; arouse—; balk at—; delight in "—; endear to—; exalt—; guard—; impair —; overwhelm by—; prepare for—; prevent —; pride in—; recognize—; train for—; — bores; —nauseates; —secures.

Thesaurus
affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood, blood relationship, brotherhood, brothership, cognation, common ancestry, common descent, connection, consanguinity, cousinhood, cousinship, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity, kindred, kinship, maternalness, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, motherliness, mothership, parenthood, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, pregnancy, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood, sistership, ties of blood

Translations

 * Crimean Tatar: analıq
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: μητρότητα
 * Polish: macierzyństwo


 * Greek:


 * Polish:


 * Czech:
 * Finnish: synnytysosasto


 * Greek: μαιευτήριο
 * Polish: porodówka