Entry Word: pregnant

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 containing unborn young within the body <we only realized that our cat had been pregnant when she unexpectedly delivered three kittens>

Synonyms expectant, gravid

Related Words childbearing; brooding; conceiving, impregnated

Phrases with child, with young

Near Antonyms barren, infertile; aborting, miscarrying; delivered

Antonyms nonpregnant

2 clearly conveying a special meaning (as oneʼs mood) <a pregnant silence followed the ill-advised attempt at humor> — see expressive