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Synonyms of birth in English:

birth


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See Spanish definition of nacimiento

noun

1‘the birth of a child’

SYNONYMS
childbirth, delivery, nativity, birthing
informal the patter of tiny feet
technical parturition
archaic confinement, accouchement, childbed
ANTONYMS

death

2‘the birth of a new era’

SYNONYMS
beginning, beginnings, emergence, genesis, dawn, dawning, rise, start, arrival, advent
origin, source, fountainhead
ANTONYMS

end, demise

3‘he is of noble birth’

SYNONYMS
ancestry, descent, origin, origins, parentage, lineage, line, line of descent, heritage, family, stock, blood, bloodline, genealogy, breeding, pedigree, house, extraction, derivation, background
rare filiation, stirps

Phrases

    give birth to

    ‘she gave birth to a son’


    SYNONYMS
    have, bear, produce, be delivered of, bring into the world
    North American birth
    informal drop
    dated mother
    archaic be brought to bed of, bring forth