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Maternal

🔄 Synonyms of "Maternal"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
enatenoun	A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
paternalnoun	Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
parentalnoun	Of or relating to a parent.
enatic	enate (related through female bloodline)
motherly	Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
maternalistic	Exhibiting or relating to maternalism.
motherlike	Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.

↔️ Antonyms of "Maternal"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
filial	(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
paternalnoun	Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Maternal"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
motherlike	Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
maternalisticnoun	Exhibiting or relating to maternalism.
motherly	Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.
parental	Of or relating to a parent.
enate	Related to someone by female connections.
enatic	enate (related through female bloodline)
paternalnoun	Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
related	Standing in relation or connection.
motherhoodnoun	The state of being a mother.
maternitynoun	The state of being a mother; motherhood.
mothernoun	A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
mom	(statistics) Initialism of month-over-month/month-on-month; compared to the same time period in the previous month.
mamanoun	(hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada, US) Mother, female parent.
momsnoun	(African-American Vernacular) Affectionate term of address for one's mother.
mum	(colloquial) Secret.
mommy	(US, Canada, rare, informal, chiefly in the superlative) Characteristic of a mother; motherly.
parentnoun	(often in the plural) A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.).
infantnoun	A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
nurserynoun	(countable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
native	Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.