Synonyms 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

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

   Antonyms:
   unrelated, paternal, fatherlike, fatherly, paternalistic

2. maternaladjective

   relating to or derived from one's mother

   "maternal genes"

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

   Antonyms:
   fatherly, paternal, fatherlike, paternalistic, unrelated

3. parental, maternal, paternaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

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

   Antonyms:
   paternal, paternalistic, unrelated, fatherly, fatherlike

4. enate, enatic, maternal(p)adjective

   related on the mother's side

   "my maternal grandmother"

   Antonyms:
   paternalistic, paternal, fatherlike, unrelated, fatherly

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1. maternaladjective

   Synonyms:
   motherly

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1. List of paraphrases for "maternal":

   maternelle, mothers, tongue, nursery, maternity, mother, kindergarten, native, breast, motherhood, pre-school, motherland, pre-primary, moms

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1. Kristine Lane:

   COVID-19 has severe systemic effects on the body, especially symptomatic patients, it is possible that these effects are amplified in pregnant mothers, who have increased fetal and maternal oxygen demands.

2. Doee Kitessa:

   While the data is based on billing codes and not patient charts, it’s an excellent start to understanding the causes of maternal morbidity by state and the disparities that exist, this can help states and healthcare institutions begin to address and work to decrease the rates of severe maternal morbidity that are affecting the patients they care for.

3. New York:

   Expanding the role of these two crucial initiatives is essential to recovering from COVID and addressing the inequities that already existed in maternal health, especially in communities of color.

4. Sarah Riggs Amico:

   I sat in an awful lot of living rooms( during the last campaign) and I can tell you, nobody's happy about having 79 counties without an OB-GYN or 64 without a pediatrician, or the highest maternal mortality rate in America, if we do those things, we can win. Look what we did last year and there was an awful lot of shenanigans at the ballot box that probably prevented Stacey Abrams in 2018 from being governor.

5. Beverley Mitchell:

   I was balling like a baby, i was so proud of her and I was so touched and moved by her vulnerability and by her finding this moment in herself. I think thats part of the maternal instincts in me that I was so touched. Thats something that you cant prep for, its just instinct.