maternity

maternity is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a mother.
2. noun. the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother

   "the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children"

   Synonyms: maternalism, motherliness

3. noun. the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

   Synonyms: motherhood

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

   Synonyms: gestation, pregnancy

Synonyms

maternalism, motherliness, motherhood, gestation, pregnancy

Common word forms

maternities

Words from these letters

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