Synonyms for maternity
məˈtɜr nɪ tima·ter·ni·ty

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1. maternitynoun

   Antonyms:
   paternity

2. maternitynoun

   Antonyms:
   paternity

3. maternitynoun

   Antonyms:
   paternity

4. maternitynoun

   A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

   Synonyms:
   maternity ward

   Antonyms:
   paternity

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1. pregnancy, gestation, maternitynoun

   the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

   Synonyms:
   maternal quality, motherliness, motherhood, gestation period, pregnancy, maternalism, gestation

2. motherhood, maternitynoun

   the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

   Synonyms:
   gestation, maternalism, maternal quality, motherliness, motherhood, pregnancy

3. motherliness, maternalism, maternal quality, maternitynoun

   the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

   "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"

   Synonyms:
   maternal quality, maternalism, gestation, motherliness, motherhood, pregnancy

Matched Categories

1. • Kinship
   • Physical Condition

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1. List of paraphrases for "maternity":

   motherhood, maternal, childbirth, pregnancy, childbearing, obstetric, maternity-leave, paternity

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1. Antony Blinken:

   This includes the Mariupol maternity hospital, as the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressly noted in a March 11 report.It also includes a strike that hit a Mariupol theater, clearly marked with the word ‘дети’ — Russian for ‘children’ — in huge letters visible from the sky.

2. Joyce Beatty:

   To watch yesterday Russia invade a maternity ward and watch what happened with those babies is painful.

3. Ylva Johansson:

   It is a massive decline, we're creating a whole new underclass. And it will be totally on the margins of society with no right to pensions, maternity leave or anything.

4. Nick Merrill:

   This is someone who has spent nearly two decades in public service, and is widely known for her integrity and tireless work ethic, after the birth of her son, she took maternity leave. The IG had questions about the details of her leave, Huma answered. Anything beyond that injected into the public sphere is unfounded and from partisans in Congress with a clear agenda. These emails serve to reinforce that these allegations are baseless. It's not surprising, but it is disappointing.

5. Stella Creasy:

   My son is 13 weeks old, so I can't really leave him on his own and I don't have any maternity cover. So I kind of can't win here, i need to go in and I need to be able to speak but I also can't leave a baby that small, which I'm feeding at this point in time.