Synonyms of births

births 1 of 2

noun

plural of birth

1

as in nativities

the act or instance of being born

almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nativities
• maternities
• geneses
• originations
• genitures
• generations
• parentings
• reproductions
• paternities
• bearings
• breedings
• creations
• labors
• parturitions
• accouchements
• childbearings
• rises
• nascencies
• fatherhoods
• motherhoods
• parenthoods

2

as in ancestries

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

a man of noble birth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ancestries
• lineages
• genealogies
• pedigrees
• families
• origins
• breedings
• extractions
• descents
• blood
• bloodlines
• family trees
• strains
• stocks
• parentages
• successions
• lines
• relatives
• relations
• races
• houses
• heredities
• kindreds
• kins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• issues
• seed
• offspring
• progenies
• children
• sons
• posterities
• successors
• heirs
• inheritors

3

as in beginnings

the point at which something begins

that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beginnings
• commencements
• inceptions
• starts
• onsets
• alphas
• launches
• geneses
• infancies
• thresholds
• baselines
• dawns
• kickoffs
• inaugurations
• outsets
• originations
• initiations
• incipiencies
• nascencies
• mornings
• incipiences
• day ones
• origins
• nascences
• arrivals
• childhoods
• drawing boards
• first bases
• ground zeros
• institutions
• get-goes
• emergences
• germs
• cradles
• wells
• fountains
• openings
• creations
• sources
• advents
• square ones
• springs
• appearances
• youths
• debuts
• fountainheads
• wellsprings
• seedbeds
• roots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• endings
• conclusions
• ends
• periods
• closes
• terminations
• closings
• closures
• completions
• stops
• finishes
• omegas
• cessations
• finales
• windups

births

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of birth, chiefly dialect

as in produces

to bring forth from the womb

back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children

Synonyms & Similar Words

• produces
• has
• mothers
• delivers
• gives birth to
• labors
• bears
• fathers
• drops
• breeds
• spawns
• reproduces
• generates
• kids
• calves
• litters
• gets
• propagates
• multiplies
• begets
• sires
• kittens
• pups
• kindles
• whelps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aborts
• loses
• miscarries

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of births

Noun

Detectives obtained a warrant for records on births at Mount Sinai that week. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

The 16-county region, not including births and deaths, saw a net gain of 49,324 people between July 2024 and July 2025. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Transfers from rural facilities occur in more than 25% of births. — Camille A. Clare, STAT, 23 July 2026

To put the rarity of the quadruplets' birth into perspective, there were only 144 quadruplet and higher order births in the United States in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — ABC News, 21 July 2026

With the black vultures circling, the next cycle of births appeared imminent. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026

When air quality was moderate (51–100), the embryo transfer rate was 65%, but the percentage of successful births dropped to 49%. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Breathing wildfire smoke has been associated with higher risk of preterm births and other issues during pregnancy, and potentially cardiovascular problems such as heart attacks and strokes, although the evidence for these effects are more mixed. — Colleen E. Reid, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

Fighting two battles at once Last year in the United States, the number of births among women ages 35 to 39 was up by 90% since 1990, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 13 July 2026

Verb

Both sides of the island are necessary and complementary, just like the proverbial oyster grit that births the pearl. — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026

Although healthy individuals may only suffer short-term symptoms, a listeria infection can cause miscarriages and still births among pregnant women. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 June 2026

This births a star that continually accretes more gas and becomes more massive. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026

With the resources available to urban coyotes, the average coyote births six new pups. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2026

The film charts his romances and business endeavors, including a nightclub that seemingly births the jazz movement. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025