family way

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of FAMILY WAY

the state of containing unborn young within the body <noticing the telltale bump, we guessed that she was in the family way again>

Synonyms family way, gestation, gravidity

Related Words conception; begetting, breeding, generation, procreation, siring, spawning

Near Antonyms barrenness, infertility

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