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

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
2. adjective. relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

   Synonyms: parental, paternal

3. adjective. characteristic of a mother- Dorothy Sayers

   "warm maternal affection for her guest"

4. adjective. related on the mother's side

   "my maternal grandmother"

   Synonyms: enate, enatic

5. adjective. relating to or derived from one's mother

   "maternal genes"

Synonyms

parental, paternal, enate, enatic

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in maternal:

alterman, ramental

Common word forms

maternally, maternalise, maternality, maternalize, maternalness

Words from these letters

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