Pregnancy

/ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/

Synonyms for "pregnancy" (103 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (21)

Strong matches (31)

Noun(8 words)
cyesisexpectinggestatinggestation lengthgestational periodgravidationgravidityimpregnation

Related words (51)

Noun(3 words)
maternitypregnant statepregnation

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: gestation, abundance, appropriateness, auspiciousness, babyhood.
  • Sentence evidence is available for pregnancy, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, moby, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "pregnancy".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "pregnancy"

Keep "pregnancy" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "pregnancy" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "pregnancy", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "pregnancy" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries
biological processmedical conditionphysical conditionphysiological conditionphysiological statereproductive phasestatetime period

More specific

4 entries
ectopic pregnancyfirst trimesterlate pregnancymolar pregnancy

Collocations

6 entries
ectopic pregnancypregnancy outcomepregnancy ratepregnancy testpregnant womanunwanted pregnancy

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Translations

169 translations across 103 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • swangerskap noun (condition)

Albanian

2 entries
  • barrë noun (condition)
  • shtatzënësi noun (condition)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κύησις noun (condition)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حَمْل noun (condition)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հղիություն noun (condition)

Asturian

2 entries
  • embaranzu noun (condition)
  • preñáu noun (condition)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • hamiləlik noun (condition)

Bangi

1 entries
  • zemi noun (condition)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • йөклөлөк noun (condition)

Basque

1 entries
  • haurduntza noun (condition)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бярэ́меннасць noun (condition)
  • цяжа́рнасць noun (condition)
  • чарава́тасць noun (condition)

Bengali

1 entries
  • গর্ভধারণ noun (condition)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • ngidam noun (condition)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • бре́менност noun (condition)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ကိုယ်ဝန် noun (condition)
  • ဓမ္မတာဝန် noun (condition)
  • ပဋိသန္ဓေ noun (condition)
  • သန္ဓေ noun (condition)

Catalan

2 entries
  • embaràs noun (condition)
  • prenyat noun (condition)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ئاوسی noun (condition)
  • دووگیانی noun (condition)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 懷孕 /怀孕 noun (condition)
  • 懷胎 /怀胎 noun (condition)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 妊娠 noun (condition)
  • 懷孕 /怀孕 noun (condition)
  • 懷胎 /怀胎 noun (condition)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 妊娠 noun (condition)
  • 懷孕 /怀孕 noun (condition)
  • 懷胎 /怀胎 noun (condition)

Crimean Tatar

3 entries
  • ağırayaqlılıq noun (condition)
  • hamilelik noun (condition)
  • yüklülik noun (condition)

Czech

2 entries
  • gravidita noun (condition)
  • těhotenství noun (condition)

Danish

2 entries
  • graviditet noun (condition)
  • svangerskab noun (condition)

Dutch

1 entries
  • zwangerschap noun (condition)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • gravedeco noun (condition)

Estonian

1 entries
  • rasedus noun (condition)

Ewe

1 entries
  • fufɔfɔ noun (condition)

Faroese

1 entries
  • viðgongutíð noun (condition)

Finnish

2 entries
  • raskaus noun (condition)
  • tiineys noun (condition)

French

2 entries
  • gestation noun (condition)
  • grossesse noun (condition)

Galician

3 entries
  • embarazo noun (condition)
  • preñazo noun (condition)
  • preñez noun (condition)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მაკეობა noun (condition)
  • ორსულობა noun (condition)
  • ფეხმძიმობა noun (condition)

German

1 entries
  • Schwangerschaft noun (condition)

Greek

1 entries
  • εγκυμοσύνη noun (condition)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • hapaina noun (condition)
  • kauhua noun (condition)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • היריון \ הֵרָיוֹן noun (condition)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गर्भावस्था noun (condition)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • terhesség noun (condition)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • meðganga noun (condition)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • sikog noun (condition)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kehamilan noun (condition)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • raskahus noun (condition)

Irish

1 entries
  • toircheas noun (condition)

Italian

1 entries
  • gravidanza noun (condition)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 妊娠 noun (condition)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • pangabuktut noun (condition)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • екіқабаттық noun (condition)
  • жүктілік noun (condition)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការមានផ្ទៃពោះ noun (condition)

Korean

1 entries
  • 임신 noun (condition)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • бооздук noun (condition)
  • жүктүүлүк noun (condition)
  • кош бойлуулук noun (condition)
  • кош кабаттуулук noun (condition)

Lao

1 entries
  • ພາມານ noun (condition)

Latin

2 entries
  • graviditās noun (condition)
  • gravitas noun (condition)

Latvian

1 entries
  • grūtniecība noun (condition)

Lingala

1 entries
  • zemi noun (condition)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nėštumas noun (condition)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • бременост noun (condition)

Malay

1 entries
  • kehamilan noun (condition)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഗർഭം noun (condition)

Maltese

1 entries
  • tqala noun (condition)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • жирэмслэлт noun (condition)
  • ᠵᠢᠷᠮᠦᠰᠦᠯᠡᠯᠲᠡ noun (condition)

Māori

2 entries
  • hapūtanga noun (condition)
  • kukunetanga noun (condition)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • avisbûn noun (condition)
  • ducanî noun (condition)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • áhpehisvuohta noun (condition)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • graviditet noun (condition)
  • svangerskap noun (condition)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • graviditet noun (condition)
  • svangerskap noun (condition)

Occitan

3 entries
  • emprenhament noun (condition)
  • grossessa noun (condition)
  • prenhesa noun (condition)

Old Armenian

1 entries
  • յղութիւն noun (condition)

Old English

1 entries
  • bearnēacnung noun (condition)

Persian

3 entries
  • آبستنی noun (condition)
  • بارداری noun (condition)
  • حاملگی noun (condition)

Polish

2 entries
  • brzemienność noun (condition)
  • ciąża noun (condition)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • gravidez noun (condition)
  • prenhez noun (condition)

Romanian

2 entries
  • graviditate noun (condition)
  • sarcină noun (condition)

Russian

1 entries
  • бере́менность noun (condition)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • गर्भधारण noun (condition)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • leatrom noun (condition)
  • leatromachd noun (condition)
  • torraicheas noun (condition)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bremènitōst noun (condition)
  • trudnòća noun (condition)
  • бремѐнито̄ст noun (condition)
  • трудно̀ћа noun (condition)

Slovak

2 entries
  • gravidita noun (condition)
  • tehotenstvo noun (condition)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nosečnost noun (condition)

Somali

1 entries
  • uur noun (condition)

Spanish

3 entries
  • embarazo noun (condition)
  • gravidez noun (condition)
  • preñez noun (condition)

Swahili

2 entries
  • mimba noun (condition)
  • ujauzito noun (condition)

Swedish

1 entries
  • graviditet noun (condition)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kabuntisan noun (condition)
  • pagbubuntis noun (condition)

Tajik

3 entries
  • бордорӣ noun (condition)
  • обистанӣ noun (condition)
  • ҳомилагӣ noun (condition)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tadist noun (condition)

Tatar

1 entries
  • йөклелек noun (condition)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గర్భము noun (condition)

Thai

1 entries
  • การตั้งครรภ์ noun (condition)

Tooro

1 entries
  • enda noun (condition)

Turkish

1 entries
  • hamilelik noun (condition)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • göwrelilik noun (condition)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бере́менність noun (condition)
  • вагі́тність noun (condition)
  • тя́жа noun (condition)
  • тягі́тність noun (condition)

Urdu

4 entries
  • آبستنی noun (condition)
  • آبستگی noun (condition)
  • امید noun (condition)
  • بارداری noun (condition)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ھامىلىدارلىق noun (condition)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • boʻgʻozlik noun (condition)
  • homiladorlik noun (condition)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự có thai noun (condition)

Volapük

1 entries
  • grob noun (condition)

Walloon

1 entries
  • poirteure noun (condition)

Welsh

2 entries
  • beichiogiad noun (condition)
  • beichiogrwydd noun (condition)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • swierwêzen noun (condition)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • טראָגעדיקייט noun (condition)
  • שוואַנגערשאַפֿט noun (condition)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • oyún noun (condition)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • haley noun (condition)
  • lıng gıraney noun (condition)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I had an ectopic pregnancy two years ago.

Source: tatoeba (72784)

Let's do a pregnancy test.

Source: tatoeba (281966)

I'd like to get a pregnancy test.

Source: tatoeba (281968)

I got a pregnancy test.

Source: tatoeba (281969)

Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "pregnancy"?

Closest matches include gestation, abundance, appropriateness, auspiciousness, babyhood.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "pregnancy"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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