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Synonyms for maternal
məˈtɜr nlma·ter·nal
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Princeton's WordNet
maternaladjective
characteristic of a mother
"warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
Synonyms:
maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enaticAntonyms:
unrelated, paternal, fatherlike, fatherly, paternalisticmaternaladjective
relating to or derived from one's mother
"maternal genes"
Synonyms:
maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enaticAntonyms:
fatherly, paternal, fatherlike, paternalistic, unrelatedparental, maternal, paternaladjective
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
"parental guidance"
Synonyms:
enate, paternal, agnatic, parental, maternal(p), agnate, enaticAntonyms:
paternal, paternalistic, unrelated, fatherly, fatherlikeenate, enatic, maternal(p)adjective
related on the mother's side
"my maternal grandmother"
Antonyms:
paternalistic, paternal, fatherlike, unrelated, fatherly
Dictionary of English Synonymes
maternaladjective
Synonyms:
motherly
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "maternal":
maternelle, mothers, tongue, nursery, maternity, mother, kindergarten, native, breast, motherhood, pre-school, motherland, pre-primary, moms
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1430 | mother | |
#2012 | breast | |
#2290 | native | |
#6177 | tongue | |
#6497 | mothers | |
#6509 | moms | |
#6724 | nursery | |
#7503 | maternity | |
#8731 | parental | |
#10436 | kindergarten | |
#12452 | maternal | |
#24926 | motherhood | |
#35519 | paternal | |
#58864 | motherland | |
#171017 | maternelle | |
#299733 | enate |
How to use maternal in a sentence?
Big Abortion has ensured that abortion remains unregulated, making in-clinic abortions indistinguishable from so-called ‘back alley’ abortions, abortion-vulnerable communities need economic and racial justice to address the root cause of abortion and the abysmal maternal mortality rate, especially for Black women, not the option to terminate the lives of our offspring!
This new field of inherited paternal epigenetics needs to be organized into clinically applicable recommendations and lifestyle alternations, and to really understand the epigenetic influences of a child, we need to study the interplay between maternal and paternal effects, as opposed to considering each in isolation.
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.
Women do need sterilization as a option of family planning, but we need it conducted properly and under hygienic conditions. The manner in which sterilization is being done in India currently is unethical, we will see a huge reduction in maternal mortality if we invest in other methods of family planning also.
Maternal deprivation during the critical post-birth period carries detrimental long term effects for all mammalian young, provision of the mother’s physical proximity can counter some of the adverse side effects of premature birth.
Translations for maternal
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- أميArabic
- mateřskýCzech
- mütterlichGerman
- εκ μητρός, μητρικός, [[από]] [[την]] [[πλευρά]] [[της]] [[μητέραGreek
- maternal, maternoSpanish
- äidillinen, äidinpuoleinenFinnish
- maternelFrench
- taobh màtharScottish Gaelic
- anyaiHungarian
- [[մոր]] [[կողմից]], մայրականArmenian
- maternoItalian
- 母系の, 母方, 母性Japanese
- māternālis, māternusLatin
- moederlijk, langs moeders kantDutch
- matczyny, macierzyńskiPolish
- maternal, maternoPortuguese
- maternRomanian
- материнский, с материнской стороныRussian
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