birth

Nouns

  • (n) the time when something begins (especially life)
    • they divorced after the birth of the child
    • his election signaled the birth of a new age
  • (n) the event of being born
    • they celebrated the birth of their first child
    nascence, nascency, nativity,
  • (n) the process of giving birth birthing, giving birth, parturition,
  • (n) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents parentage,
  • (n) a baby born; an offspring
    • the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births

Verbs

Synonyms

give birth bear deliver have nascence nascency nativity birthing giving birth parturition parentage

Antonyms

demise dying death decease expiry

Words of close approximity

bird birl Biro birr
birch birle
birth canal birth certificate birth control birth-control campaigner birth control device birth control pill birth-control reformer birthday birthday cake birthday card birthday gift birthday party birthday present birthday suit birth defect birthing birthing coach birthmark birth pangs birthplace birth prevention birthrate birth rate birthright birthroot birth trauma birthwort birthwort family