maternal

Speech parts

1. maternal - Noun

2. maternal - Adjective

3. maternal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

paternal parental enate enatic mama mommy mother humane fraternal brotherly female giving kind understanding warm

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Antonyms

paternal infant deity contentious filial childish

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Phrases with the word

maternal name maternal forebear not in the maternal state maternal antibodies maternal descent maternal antibody transfer

Anagrams

Alterman ramental

Examples

my maternal grandmother Source: Internet

parental guidance Source: Internet

warm maternal affection for her guest Source: Internet

maternal genes Source: Internet

A 2008 cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau affected 14,222 people and killed 225. citation The 2010 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 births for Guinea Bissau was 1000. Source: Internet

According to Leanne Smith, the director for maternal services in the Saskatoon Health Region declared that half of the women who apply for the midwifery program are turned away. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

materiomics materious Matern maternal amnesia maternal and paternal absence maternal antibodies