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maternal

• (a) characteristic of a mother
  • "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
• (a) relating to or derived from one's mother
  • maternal genes
• (a) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
  • parental guidance
  parental, paternal,
• (s) related on the mother's side
  • my maternal grandmother
  enate, enatic,

Synonyms

parental paternal enate enatic

Antonyms

paternal filial

See also

matriarchal

Words of close approximity