Antonyms for maternal
məˈtɜr nlma·ter·nal

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1. maternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   paternal

2. maternaladjective

   His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.

   Antonyms:
   paternal

3. maternaladjective

   Toby is my maternal uncle.

   Antonyms:
   paternal

4. maternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   paternal

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1. maternaladjective

   characteristic of a mother

   "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers

   Antonyms:
   unrelated, paternal, fatherlike, fatherly, paternalistic

   Synonyms:
   maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enatic

2. maternaladjective

   relating to or derived from one's mother

   "maternal genes"

   Antonyms:
   fatherly, paternal, fatherlike, paternalistic, unrelated

   Synonyms:
   maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enatic

3. parental, maternal, paternaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

   Antonyms:
   paternal, paternalistic, unrelated, fatherly, fatherlike

   Synonyms:
   enate, paternal, agnatic, parental, maternal(p), agnate, enatic

4. enate, enatic, maternal(p)adjective

   related on the mother's side

   "my maternal grandmother"

   Antonyms:
   paternalistic, paternal, fatherlike, unrelated, fatherly

How to use maternal in a sentence?

1. Whitney Rice:

   [ People ] may seek unsafe ways of terminating a pregnancy and could have harmful consequences, you also have people who may sort of be forced to continue pregnancies to term and could have a risk of infant health outcomes that include low birth weight, preterm birth, or may have a risk of maternal mortality.

2. Rom Dongeto:

   Women are dying from maternal complications, teens are getting pregnant and people are dying from HIV-related causes. Lives of Filipino citizens are at stake.

3. Phyllis Mcginley:

   God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness . It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is important to the point of necessity when they are adolescents.

4. Ian Colman:

   Given how prevalent maternal depression is, and that risky adolescent behaviors are associated with poor long-term outcomes in adulthood, we thought better evidence in this area could be really useful.

5. Georges Benjamin:

   We look at the whole range of maternal-child health care as a great barometer of access to care, because there has been an emphasis over many years of making sure that women and children -- even low-income women and children -- get access to health care.

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