Synonyms for birth
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
- n. 2
An instance of childbirth.
Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- n. 3
A beginning or start; a point of origin.
Related words
- Word family
- birthfamily birthfather birthmark birthmother birthparent birthroot birthstead birth-to-potty
- Phrases
- give birth vaginal birth birth rate giving birth birth control birth sex date of birth virgin birth
Forms
- Plural
- births → nativities, nascencies, nascences, parturitions…
Example sentences
- parentage His parentage was unknown to us.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| birth | rising | |
| parentage | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- line1, race1
- 5 letters
- blood1, onset2
- 6 letters
- family3, origin3
- 7 letters
- descent2, lineage3
- 8 letters
- ancestry3, nobility4, pedigree3, nativity4, nascency, nascence
- 9 letters
- beginning3, parentage3
- 10 letters
- extraction3
- 11 letters
- parturition
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (onset2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- naissance
- Español
- nacimiento
- Deutsch
- Geburt
- Català
- naixement