BIRTH Synonyms: 161 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈbərth

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as in nativity

the act or instance of being born almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness

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as in ancestry

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a man of noble birth

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as in beginning

the point at which something begins that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation

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adjective

as in biological

being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption

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birth

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verb

chiefly dialect

as in to produce

to bring forth from the womb back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children

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Noun

Somerhalder recalls his happiness when one of the family’s bird dogs gave birth to a new litter of puppies. —

Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 After his next two albums delivered middling commercial performance, Lil Wayne went back to the drawing board – and threw his notepad in the trash after learning Jay-Z was freestyling, which led to the birth of the series that defined Weezy’s career. —

Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2024

Adjective

When the twins — son Eames and daughter Ellison — arrived eight weeks early on Jan. 11, 2021, a judge had not yet considered the pre-birth order, which later was denied. —

Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023 The three months now offered to non-birth parents is a departure from the scant three weeks given under the previous policy. —

Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023

Verb

In 2021, its partnership with Microsoft birthed the Gucci Xbox Series X, a special limited-edition gaming console laser-engraved with the brand’s signature double-G logo pattern to mark the house’s 100th anniversary — and the Xbox’s 20th. —

Adriana Lee, WWD, 19 Aug. 2024 What was birthed were the beloved Millionaires, an aviator silhouette embellished with Louis Vuitton signatures. —

Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for birth

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