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childbearing - 5 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | childbearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving birth |
| Synonyms: | accouchement, birthing, childbirth, lying-in, motherhood, parturiency, parturition, pregnancy, travail |
| Main Entry: | pregnancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gestation |
| Synonyms: | fertilization, propagation, child-bearing, germination, gravidity, gravidness, impregnation, parturiency |
| 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: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | childbirth process |
| Synonyms: | birth, delivery, parturition, travail, birth pangs, childbearing, contractions, giving birth, pains, throes |
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