Synonyms of gravid

gravid

adjective

ˈgra-vəd 

as in pregnant

containing unborn young within the body

the patient is a gravid woman in her seventh month

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pregnant
• expectant
• gone
• caught
• expecting
• enceinte
• big
• with young
• heavy
• quick
• prenatal
• parturient
• gestational
• with child
• childbearing
• brooding
• impregnated
• conceiving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonpregnant
• barren
• infertile
• delivered
• miscarrying
• aborting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gravid

About a year after infection, a fully mature, gravid female worm migrates to the skin, usually in the lower extremities. — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

Paloski said the massasauga encountered could be a gravid female about to give birth. — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022

Heritage Restaurant & Caviar Bar opened in early August, the week of the Sturgeon Moon, which is when the Algonquins believed the Great Lakes teemed with gravid fish. — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 27 Sep. 2017

Unlike young females, gravid females need to locate carrion for oviposition and distinguish between fresh and aging carrion, the latter possibly detrimental to offspring. — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017

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