Synonyms for maternal
məˈtɜr nlma·ter·nal

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1. maternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   paternal

2. maternaladjective

   His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.

   Antonyms:
   paternal

3. maternaladjective

   Toby is my maternal uncle.

   Antonyms:
   paternal

4. maternaladjective

   Antonyms:
   paternal

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1. maternaladjective

   characteristic of a mother

   "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers

   Synonyms:
   maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enatic

   Antonyms:
   unrelated, paternal, fatherlike, fatherly, paternalistic

2. maternaladjective

   relating to or derived from one's mother

   "maternal genes"

   Synonyms:
   maternal(p), parental, paternal, enate, enatic

   Antonyms:
   fatherly, paternal, fatherlike, paternalistic, unrelated

3. parental, maternal, paternaladjective

   relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent

   "parental guidance"

   Synonyms:
   enate, paternal, agnatic, parental, maternal(p), agnate, enatic

   Antonyms:
   paternal, paternalistic, unrelated, fatherly, fatherlike

4. enate, enatic, maternal(p)adjective

   related on the mother's side

   "my maternal grandmother"

   Antonyms:
   paternalistic, paternal, fatherlike, unrelated, fatherly

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1. maternaladjective

   Synonyms:
   motherly

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1. List of paraphrases for "maternal":

   maternelle, mothers, tongue, nursery, maternity, mother, kindergarten, native, breast, motherhood, pre-school, motherland, pre-primary, moms

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1. Melinda Gates:

   I can go to a specific region and a specific state ... in Mexico and I can look and see exactly how we are doing on maternal health, child health and neonatal deaths, that tells me as a government how to act.

2. Deidre McPhillips:

   These countries tend to have generous paternal leave and maternal leave, offer free preschool and have good overall public education systems.

3. Rom Dongeto:

   We are so insulted by this. It is a violation of the very essence of a law that Congress itself enacted, women are dying from maternal complications, teens are getting pregnant and people are dying from HIV-related causes. Lives of Filipino citizens are at stake.

4. Nicole Trunfio:

   When I saw the cover of me breastfeeding, which was unplanned and just natural, I teared up and thought, ‘Wow this is such a special moment where my worlds have collided’, there’s the maternal side of me, who so loves being a mum, and the professional side, who’s so passionate about her career.

5. Angela Aina:

   There's a real negative narrative around Black women, Black girls and Black motherhood that really drives a lot of the ways in which Black birthing people in general are treated in the health care system, we want change, and we want to see an end to maternal mortality.