Maternal

/məˈtɜːnəl/

Synonyms for "maternal" (57 found)

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Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries
adjectivedescriptive termgenetic descriptorrelational adjective

More specific

4 entries
maternal behaviormaternal carematrilineal inheritancemitochondrial inheritance

Collocations

6 entries
maternal carematernal healthmaternal inheritancematernal instinctmaternal mortalitymaternal role

Inflections

2 entries
more maternalmost maternal

Derivations

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

5 entries

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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The child's good health says a great deal for maternal care.

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Maternal love is the greatest thing.

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Maternal love is greater than anything else.

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Nothing is as great as maternal love.

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