What are some alternative words for maternal?
Synonyms for maternal
məˈtɜr nl
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Princeton's WordNet
maternal(adj)
characteristic of a mother
"warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
Synonyms:
maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enaticAntonyms:
unrelated, paternal, fatherlike, fatherly, paternalisticmaternal(adj)
relating to or derived from one's mother
"maternal genes"
Synonyms:
maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enaticAntonyms:
fatherly, paternal, fatherlike, paternalistic, unrelatedparental, maternal, paternal(adj)
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
"parental guidance"
Synonyms:
enate, paternal, agnatic, parental, maternal(p), agnate, enaticAntonyms:
paternal, paternalistic, unrelated, fatherly, fatherlikeenate, enatic, maternal(p)(adj)
related on the mother's side
"my maternal grandmother"
Antonyms:
paternalistic, paternal, fatherlike, unrelated, fatherly
Wiktionary
Dictionary of English Synonymes
maternal(a.)
Synonyms:
motherly
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "maternal":
maternelle, mothers, tongue, nursery, maternity, mother, kindergarten, native, breast, motherhood, pre-school, motherland, pre-primary, moms
Words popularity by usage frequency
rank | word | |
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#1430 | mother | |
#2012 | breast | |
#2290 | native | |
#6177 | tongue | |
#6497 | mothers | |
#6509 | moms | |
#6724 | nursery | |
#7503 | maternity | |
#8731 | parental | |
#10436 | kindergarten | |
#12452 | maternal | |
#24926 | motherhood | |
#35519 | paternal | |
#58864 | motherland | |
#171017 | maternelle | |
#299733 | enate |
How to use maternal in a sentence?
We look at the whole range of maternal-child health care as a great barometer of access to care, because there has been an emphasis over many years of making sure that women and children -- even low-income women and children -- get access to health care.
Traditionally the focus has been on communicable (infectious) disease and maternal and child care.
Depression can affect parent-child interactions, which in turn, may be one way that maternal depression affects children, because we know that children of mothers who are depressed are at higher risk of behavioral and emotional problems, they may need treatment as well.
God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness . It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is important to the point of necessity when they are adolescents.
Given that multiple factors seem to contribute to falling in the lower 5 percent on school readiness measures - including living in an impoverished household, primary language other than English, lower maternal education, and black maternal race, as well as late preterm (birth) - it is reasonable to believe that the reasons why some late preterm children are at risk are multi-factorial.
Translations for maternal
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- أميArabic
- mateřskýCzech
- mütterlichGerman
- εκ μητρός, μητρικός, [[από]] [[την]] [[πλευρά]] [[της]] [[μητέραGreek
- maternal, maternoSpanish
- äidinpuoleinen, äidillinenFinnish
- maternelFrench
- taobh màtharScottish Gaelic
- anyaiHungarian
- [[մոր]] [[կողմից]], մայրականArmenian
- maternoItalian
- 母方, 母系の, 母性Japanese
- māternus, māternālisLatin
- moederlijk, langs moeders kantDutch
- matczyny, macierzyńskiPolish
- materno, maternalPortuguese
- maternRomanian
- с материнской стороны, материнскийRussian
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