Synonyms for abortion
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Act of terminating pregnancy — the expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. An…
termination, foeticide, aborticide, embryoctony dated
2. Miscarriage — the expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. A…
miscarriage, misbirth dated
Other
abortus, induced abortion, monster, abort dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
- n. 2
The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. An induced abortion.
Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.
Related words
- Word family
- abortifacient abortionist
- Phrases
- missed abortion abortion clinic spontaneous abortion induced abortion contagious abortion abortion mill abortion pill overdue abortion
- Other spellings
- abortation
Forms
- Plural
- abortions → terminations, foeticides, aborticides, miscarriages…
Example sentences
- miscarriage Having a miscarriage means giving birth too soon.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| abortion | rising | |
| foeticide | rising | |
| miscarriage | rising | |
| abortus | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- abort2
- 7 letters
- monster2, abortus
- 8 letters
- misbirth
- 9 letters
- foeticide
- 10 letters
- aborticide
- 11 letters
- termination4, miscarriage3, embryoctony
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abort2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- avortement
- Español
- aborto
- Deutsch
- Schwangerschaftsabbruch
- Català
- avortament