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

Jehan acknowledges there's no silver bullet to prevent premature births. — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

Most famous are the hijras, who traditionally attended weddings, births, and religious ceremonies across the subcontinent, offering blessings and receiving gifts or alms in return. — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

Although London recorded more births than deaths, and international migrants into the city outnumbered Londoners leaving the UK, the outflow was driven largely by people in their 30s and 40s, many with children, leaving London. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 29 July 2026

Plus, for the first time ever, the number of older women giving birth outpaced teen births. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 29 July 2026

Medicaid covers more than 40 percent of American births overall and an even higher proportion in rural areas. — Keith Humphreys, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026

MaineHealth argues that the low volumes of births are not sustainable and represent a quality issue. — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

The two red pandas will be the zoo’s 100th and 101st red panda births. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

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