Dictionary Entry
maternal
maternal is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
- 2adjective
relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
"parental guidance"
- 3adjective
characteristic of a mother- Dorothy Sayers
"warm maternal affection for her guest"
- 4adjective
related on the mother's side
"my maternal grandmother"
- 5adjective
relating to or derived from one's mother
"maternal genes"
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