Birth (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births".

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Hypernyms

• Somebody
• Soul
• Individual
• Someone
• Mortal

Meaning ²

The time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age".

Classification

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.

Antonyms

• Death

Hypernyms

• Offset
• Kickoff
• Outset
• Get-go
• Showtime
• First
• Commencement
• Starting Time
• Start

Related Words

• Birth (verb)
• Be Born (verb)

Meaning ³

The event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Synonyms

• Nativity
• Nascence
• Nascency

Antonyms

• Death

Hypernyms

• Alteration
• Modification

Hyponyms

• Rebirth
• Renascence

Related Words

• Birth (verb)
• Be Born (verb)

Meaning ⁴

The process of giving birth.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

• Parturition
• Birthing
• Giving Birth

Hypernyms

• Organic Process

Hyponyms

• Accouchement
• Childbed
• Brooding
• Travail
• Parturiency
• Laying
• Lying-in
• Farrow
• Calving
• Childbirth
• Vaginal Birth
• Labour
• Hatch
• Confinement

Related Words

• Birth (verb)
• Be Born (verb)

Meaning ⁵

The kinship relation of an offspring to the parents.

Classification

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.

Synonyms

• Parentage

Hypernyms

• Relationship
• Kinship