birth synonyms

birth

n.

  1. The coming into life

    delivery, childbirth, parturition, nativity, beginning, blessed event*, visit from the stork*, act of God*; see also childbirth.

    Antonyms death*, decease*, demise. *

  2. The origin

    commencement, source, start; see origin 1, 2, 3.

  3. One's origin or natal background

    background, lineage, extraction, descent; see family 1, rank 3.

give birth to

bring forth, have a child, bear a child, deliver; see produceproduce

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