pregnant
Syllables: preg·nant/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/
pregnant adjective: carrying developing offspring within the body.
Adjective (1)
pregnant (comparative more pregnant, superlative most pregnant)
- Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!
- I became pregnant in July 2014.
- Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
- We are pregnant.
- Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
- a pregnant pause
- wherein the pregnant enemy does muchc. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Synonyms:
- meaningful, significant
- Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
- The sunne-beames bright vpon her body playd, / Being through former bathing mollifide, / And pierst into her wombe, where they embayd / With so sweet sence and secret power vnspide, / That in her pregnant flesh they shortly fructifide.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Pervaded by something, usually sth intangible.
- The operations center was pregnant with anxiety.
- Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
- play at subtill games; faire vertues all;
To which the Grecians are most prompt and pregnantc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- play at subtill games; faire vertues all;
- Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
Noun
pregnant (plural pregnants)
- A pregnant person.
- The Entbundenen, or those already delivered, are separate from those pregnants awaiting their accouchement1843, William Robert Wilde, Austria: Its Literary, Scientific, and Medical Institutions
Adjective (2)
pregnant (comparative more pregnant, superlative most pregnant)
- Compelling; clear, evident.
- Peregrine was in a little time a distinguished character, not only for his acuteness of apprehension, but also for that mischievous fertility of fancy, of which we have already given such pregnant examples.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- eating for two, expectant, expecting, fertilized, gravid, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout, with child
pregnant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pregnant in Hindi
- carrying developing offspring within the body
- गर्भवती garbhavtī, अर्थगर्भित arthagarbhit, भावपूर्ण bhāvpūrṇ, परिग्राही parigrāhī, अर्थपूर्ण arthapūrṇ, गर्भिणी garbhiṇī
pregnant in Tamil
- கருத் தரித்துள்ள
pregnant in Marathi
- pregnant, expecting
- गर्भवती garbhavatī, गर्भिणी garbhiṇī
- pregnant
- गरोदर garōdara
pregnant in Urdu
- carrying developing offspring within the body
- حاملہ hāmilā, باردار bārdār, آبستن ābistan, آبستہ ābista, امید سے umīd se, با امید bā umīd
More languagesFewer languages
- pregnant in Bengali
- গর্ভবতী gorbhoboti
- pregnant in Telugu
- గర్భిణి garbhiṇi, కడుపుతో ఉన్న kaḍuputō unna
- pregnant in Malayalam
- ഗർഭിണി gaṟbhiṇi
- pregnant in Kannada
- ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿ garbhiṇi
- pregnant in Punjabi
- ਗਰਭਿਣੀ garbhiṇī
- pregnant in Gujarati
- સગર્ભા sagarbhā
- pregnant in Odia
- ଗର୍ଭବତୀ
- pregnant in Sanskrit
- गर्भवती garbhavatī
- pregnant in Assamese
- গাভিনী gabhini
- pregnant in Nepali
- गर्भवती
- pregnant in Pashto
- حامله hāmela
- pregnant in Tagalog
- buntis
- pregnant in Arabic
- حَامِل ḥāmil, حَوامِلُ ḥawāmilu, حُبْلَى ḥublā
- pregnant in Malay
- bunting, hamil, mengandung, berbadan dua
- pregnant in Indonesian
- hamil
- pregnant in Persian
- باردار bârdâr, حامله hâmele, آبستن âbestan
- pregnant in Thai
- มีครรภ์ mii-kan, ตั้งครรภ์ dtâng-kan, ท้อง tɔ́ɔng
- pregnant in Vietnamese
- có thai, có mang thai, có chửa, nghén
- pregnant in Myanmar
- ကိုယ်ဝန်ရှိ kuiywanhri., ဗိုက်ကြီး buikkri:
Examples of pregnant in a sentence
- Once upon a time, not so long ago, women got pregnant and spent nine months in suspense before finding out if they were having a boy or a girl.2017 July 13, Bonnie Rochman, “Mothers-To-Be Aren’t Told Enough About Genetic Testing”, in Time, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
- It suggests that pregnant women should be called pregnant people, presumably on the basis that just perhaps there may be a pregnant man somewhere.2025 February 19, Christian Wolmar, “Mind your language...”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 34:
- The many tear-jerkers deal with finality, with death and the end of love, with a stoicism pregnant with feeling.2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor...
Synonyms of pregnant
- meaningful
- significant
- eating for two
- expectant
- expecting
- fertilized
- gravid
- knocked up
- preggers
- up the duff
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- up the spout
- expecting a baby
- with child
- gone
- having a bun in the oven
- in the family way
- in an interesting condition
- big
- carrying
- delicate
- enceinte
- gestating
- have a bun in the oven
- hormonal
- in a family way
- in the club
- in the pudding club
- preg
- pregs
- preggie
- preggo
- pupped
- up the kyte
- up the stick
- up the stump
- child-great
- full
- great
- heavy
- quick
Antonyms
Forms of pregnant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more pregnant |
| superlative | most pregnant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | prægnant |
| alternative form (obsolete) | pregnaunt |
| Noun | |
| plural | pregnants |
Origin of pregnant
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").
Apparently from Middle French pregnant, preignant (“pressing, compelling”), present participle of prembre (“to press”), from Latin premere (“to press”).
Words formed from pregnant
- barefoot and pregnant
- big pregnant
- eggnant
- fall pregnant
- impregnant
- I'm pregnant
- midpregnant
- negative pregnant
- nonpregnant
- preggie
- preggy
- pregnant and barefoot
- pregnant chad
- pregnant construction
- pregnant denial
- pregnantly
- pregnantness
- pregnant pause
- pregnant woman
- pregnercise
- Premarin
- prepregnant
- pseudopregnant
- unpregnant
- you can't be half pregnant
Phrases with pregnant
- pregnant man
- fell pregnant
- falls pregnant
- pregnant chads
- fallen pregnant
- pregnant pauses
- falling pregnant
- pregnant denials
- negatives pregnant
- affirmative pregnant
- pregnant parentheses
- pregnant parenthesis
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Words that rhyme with pregnant
Questions about pregnant
- What does pregnant mean?
- Pregnant means carrying developing offspring within the body.
- What is pregnant in Hindi?
- Pregnant in Hindi is गर्भवती (garbhavtī), अर्थगर्भित (arthagarbhit), भावपूर्ण (bhāvpūrṇ). See Pregnant meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use pregnant in a sentence?
- Once upon a time, not so long ago, women got pregnant and spent nine months in suspense before finding out if they were having a boy or a girl.
- What part of speech is pregnant?
- Pregnant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pregnant?
- Pregnant is pronounced /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/.
Words near pregnant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pregnant (page history and authors); pregnant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गरोदर (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); pregnant (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); গাভিনী (Assamese) (page history and authors); pregnant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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