pregnant

[preg-nuhnt] / ˈprɛg nənt /

ADJECTIVE

carrying developing offspring within the body

Synonyms

WEAK

abundant anticipating carrying a child childbearing enceinte expectant expecting fecund fertile fraught fruitful gestating gravid heavy hopeful in family way parous parturient preggers productive prolific replete teeming with child

ADJECTIVE

significant, meaningful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rich

WEAK

charged cogent consequential creative eloquent expressive fecund imaginative important inventive loaded momentous original pointed redolent seminal sententious suggestive telling weighty

Antonyms

WEAK

insignificant trivial unmeaningful

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When a friend or relative becomes pregnant, this can stir strong emotions for someone experiencing infertility.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Family members said Loera-Zarco was pregnant, and the couple had been preparing to welcome their baby boy next Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Leavitt, who is pregnant, is set to take leave beginning in May.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The programme, which feeds an estimated 60 million children and pregnant and breastfeeding women at a cost of nearly a tenth of the annual budget, is President Prabowo Subianto's signature project.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Stanton was ready to return to reform work when, to her surprise and dismay, she learned that at age forty-three she was pregnant with her seventh child.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

pregnant

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