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

Example Sentences

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To investigate possible risk factors, Sirota's team compiled microbiome data from about 1,200 pregnant women whose outcomes were tracked across nine separate studies.

From Science Daily

During her recovery, Meatball became pregnant but due to her ill health, her cubs did not survive.

From BBC

Ferris, who was 33 weeks pregnant with their first child, had been given the all clear for the trip and flight by her midwife and GP.

From BBC

Detained alongside her are pregnant women and those with terminal cancer and severe disabilities, said Travis Fife, an attorney with the Texas Civil Rights Project, a statewide advocacy group.

From Salon

Now pregnant athletes have health insurance coverage for up to a year after the birth of a child.

From Salon

pregnant

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