Synonyms for pregnancy
ˈprɛg nən sipreg·nan·cy

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1. pregnancynoun

   Synonyms:
   gestation, gravidity

2. pregnancynoun

   The condition of being pregnant.

   Synonyms:
   gestation, gravidity

3. pregnancynoun

   The period of time this condition prevails.

   Synonyms:
   gravidity, gestation

4. pregnancynoun

   The progression of stages from conception to birth.

   Synonyms:
   gravidity, gestation

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1. pregnancy, gestation, maternitynoun

   the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

   Synonyms:
   maternal quality, maternity, motherliness, motherhood, gestation period, maternalism, gestation

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1. List of paraphrases for "pregnancy":

   pregnancies, gestation, pregnant, childbearing, maternity, pre-delivery, child-bearing, contraception, gestational, conception

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pregnancy

   Synonyms:
   Expecting, expecting a visit from the stork, gravid, in a family way, knocked up, a little stranger is coming, swallowed a watermelon seed, in trouble, with child

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How to use pregnancy in a sentence?

1. Pope Francis:

   Avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil.

2. Pam Dudley:

   Because she needs to know that it’s a pregnancy that’s going to continue, and she needs to know how far along she is so that she knows how to make that next step.

3. New Jersey:

   We live in a nation that spends more than any other country on health care, yet we still have the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths of any country in the developed world, and black women are nearly four times as likely to die from complications related to pregnancy than white women -- in New Jersey, they are five times as likely.

4. Julie Quist:

   The Institute for Research and Evaluation conducted a comprehensive study on the effectiveness of programs such as this, out of 60 school-based studies, no credible evidence of effectiveness was found for sustained reductions in teen pregnancy or STDs. There was no evidence of effectiveness for increasing consistent condom use. Failure rates included 88% failure to delay teen sexual initiation and 94% failure to reduce unprotected sex. 12% of these programs found significant negative effects on adolescent sexual health and/or risk behavior.

5. Sam Wang:

   Our pregnancy success rate increased by 20 percent after we started using this gadget, in the past, we had to use huge, expensive microscopes and physically count each sperm one-by-one.