Synonyms for birthplace

Most common

cradle · provenance · provenience · place of birth · native soil

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The location where a person or an animal was born.

   Portsmouth was Charles Dickens’ birthplace.

Forms

Plural

birthplaces → cradles, provenances, proveniences, birthsteads…

Example sentences

• cradle Look at the cute little baby sleeping in the cradle.
• provenance Who knows if they remember their provenance.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

cradle²

10 letters

provenance³, birthstead

11 letters

provenience⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cradle² = 2 syllables).