MATERNAL

parental, maternal, paternal

(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; “parental guidance”

maternal

(adjective) characteristic of a mother; “warm maternal affection for her guest”- Dorothy Sayers

enate, enatic, maternal

(adjective) related on the mother’s side; “my maternal grandmother”

maternal

(adjective) relating to or derived from one’s mother; “maternal genes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

maternal (comparative more maternal, superlative most maternal)

Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.

Antonyms: fatherly, paternal

Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

Antonym: paternal

(anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.

Antonyms: fetal, foetal

Coordinate terms

• avuncular (“relating to an uncle”)

• filial (“relating to a daughter or son”)

• fraternal (“relating to a brother”)

• marital (“relating to a husband”) (obsolete)

• materteral, materterine (“relating to an aunt”)

• nepotal (“relating to a nephew”)

• parental (“relating to a parent”)

• sororal (“relating to a sister”)

• uxorial (“relating to a wife”)

Noun

maternal (plural maternals) (rare)

(dated, informal) A mother.

A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.

Anagrams

• Alterman

Source: Wiktionary

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Ma*ter"nal, a. Etym: [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

Syn.

– See Motherly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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