BIRTHS Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

births 1 of 2

noun

plural of birth

as in nativities

the act or instance of being born almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness

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as in ancestries

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a man of noble birth

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as in beginnings

the point at which something begins that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation

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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

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Recent Examples of births

Noun

Research highlights how occupational heat exposure can double adverse birth outcomes, with heat acting as a fetal toxin, while fine particulate matter contributes to preterm births and low birth weight. — Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 It’s typically diagnosed in adults — only about five births each year are afflicted by the condition nationwide. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026 Panettiere’s death deeply affected Michigan mom Krista Cicalo, who suffered from postpartum depression and anxiety after the births of her two sons. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Swift was designed to study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, which are triggered by cosmic events like the births of black holes and collisions between ultra-dense stars at the ends of their lives. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026 The names of Prince George (born in 2013) and Princess Charlotte (born in 2015) were revealed just two days after their births. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Some postpartum patients who faced traumatic births or mental health struggles saw it differently. — Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 In fact, the team suggests the material may have been collected during births – a suitable symbol of fertility in a society led by women. — Mike McRae 17, New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026 Hairy-nosed wombat births are hard to spot, as after about a 30-day pregnancy, the joey crawls into its mother’s pouch. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 16 Aug. 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for births

Noun

This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.

— Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of ancestries

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The California facility was converted from a former joint venture automobile plant into Tesla’s primary early manufacturing hub and produces multiple models.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
Gemini creates a diagnostic quiz, identifies knowledge gaps, and produces shorter lessons around them.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of produces

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Rather than reflecting genuinely absent enzymes, these gaps could simply mirror methodological limitations in the phylogenetic reconstruction that prevented the identification of all the original ancient enzymes in bacterial and archaean lineages.

— Philip Ball, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
The fossil indicates that lineages closely related to the Euparkeriidae were also present in South America, highlighting the continent’s role in the early diversification of the relatives of dinosaurs and crocodiles.

— The Conversation, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of lineages

Noun

The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.

— Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.

— The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025

Definition of genealogies

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In his seven starts as a rookie last season, Sanders threw seven touchdown passes and nine interceptions.

— NBC Sports, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Ezeudu appeared in all 17 games for the Giants in 2024 in a reserve role, which included two more starts at left tackle and one as an extra lineman.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026