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. Russell Viner:

   We need a renewed focus on maternity and early child development.

2. Arnon Wiznitzer:

   This is the first mother to be diagnosed with influenza and corona in Beilinson. We treated her with a drug combination that targets both corona and flu, we are seeing more and more morbidity of influenza among the maternity population, along with cases of corona that mainly occur in women not vaccinated against corona and influenza.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   As we speak, politicians in Washington are still doing everything they can to roll back the rights and progress we've fought so hard for over the last century, i mean, could you believe those the photos of groups of men around that conference table deciding to strip away coverage for pregnancy and maternity care?