birth - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the event of being born

Synonyms

• birth
• nascence
• nascency
• nativity

More generic

• alteration
• change
• modification

Opposite / Antonyms

• death

More specific

• delivery
• live birth
• posthumous birth
• rebirth
• reincarnation
• renascence

Noun

a baby born; an offspring

Synonyms

• birth

More generic

• individual
• mortal
• person
• somebody
• someone
• soul

Noun

the process of giving birth

Synonyms

• birth
• birthing
• giving birth
• parturition

More generic

• biological process
• organic process

More specific

• accouchement
• brooding
• calving
• childbearing
• childbed
• childbirth
• confinement
• egg laying
• farrow
• farrowing
• hatch
• hatching
• incubation
• labor
• labour
• laying
• lying-in
• parturiency
• travail
• vaginal birth

Related

• reproduction

Noun

the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents

Synonyms

• birth
• parentage

More generic

• family relationship
• kinship
• relationship

Noun

the time when something begins (especially life)

Synonyms

• birth

More generic

• beginning
• commencement
• first
• get-go
• kickoff
• offset
• outset
• showtime
• start
• starting time

Opposite / Antonyms

• death

More specific

• cradle

Related

• life
• life-time
• lifespan
• lifetime

Verb

cause to be born

Synonyms

• bear
• birth
• deliver
• give birth
• have

More generic

• bring forth
• produce

More specific

• bear
• calve
• carry
• cub
• drop
• expect
• farrow
• fawn
• foal
• gestate
• have a bun in the oven
• have young
• kitten
• lamb
• litter
• pig
• pup
• twin
• whelp

Related

• conceive

Related

• bear
• carry
• expect
• gestate
• have a bun in the oven

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