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birthing - 9 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | birthing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | birth |
| Synonyms: | accouchement, bearing, childbearing, childbirth, delivery, labor, lying-in, parturition, giving birth |
| Main Entry: | blessed event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | live birth of a child |
| Synonyms: | birth, childbirth, delivery, parturition, birthing, happy event, natality, visit from the stork |
| Main Entry: | birth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | becoming alive |
| Synonyms: | act of God, bearing, beginning, blessed event*, childbirth, creation, delivery, labor, parturition, producing, travail, birthing, childbearing, nascency, natality, nativity, visit from stork |
| Antonyms: | death |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delivery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | childbirth |
| Synonyms: | bearing, birth, confinement, labor, parturition, travail, Caesarian section, accouchement, birthing, bringing forth, childbearing, geniture, lying-in |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, give forth |
| Synonyms: | bear, birth, born, dispense, feed, find, hand, hand over, produce, provide, release, supply, turn over, accouch |
| Main Entry: | emanate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come forth; give off |
| Synonyms: | arise, birth, derive, discharge, egress, emerge, emit, exhale, exit, exude, flow, initiate, issue, originate, proceed, radiate, rise, spring, stem, send forth |
| Antonyms: | take, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | issue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | emit, emerge; come from |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, birth, derive from, emanate, exude, flow, give off, ooze, originate, proceed, release, rise, spring, spurt, stem, throw off, vent, well, be a consequence, come forth, give out, send forth |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, repress, retain, suppress |
| Main Entry: | originate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | begin; spring |
| Synonyms: | arise, birth, come, come from, commence, dawn, derive, emanate, emerge, flow, issue, proceed, result, rise, start, stem, be born, come into existence, hail from |
| Antonyms: | end, finish, terminate |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | originate, emerge |
| Synonyms: | appear, arise, arrive, begin, birth, burgeon, come, come out, commence, derive, descend, develop, emanate, flow, grow, hatch, head, issue, loom, mushroom, proceed, rise, start, stem, be derived, be descended, come into being, come into existence, shoot up, upspring |
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