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pregnant

/ˈpɹɛɡnənt/adjective2 syllables

Pregnant means: carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life.

Synonyms for pregnant28

adjective, as in carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child

adjective, as in rich in significance or implication

meaning, significant, meaningful

adjective, as in filled with or attended with

fraught, full

also used for pregnant

expecting, expecting a baby, fertilized, gone, eating for two, having a bun in the oven, in the family way, knocked up, preggers, up the duff, up the spout, in an interesting condition, carrying, child-great, delicate

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Opposites of pregnant

nonpregnant

What does pregnant mean?3

adjective

1

carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

2

rich in significance or implication“a meaning look”

3

filled with or attended with“words fraught with meaning”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Pregnant in a sentence

  • Some of the ingredients are harmful, especially if you are pregnant.Dejo
  • Some of the ingredients in this beverage are harmful, especially if you are pregnant.hecko
  • If you're pregnant, you'll be able to tell him yourself.OsoHombre
  • To add insult to injury, she just found out she is pregnant.deniko
  • Sami not only dumped her, but he left her pregnant.OsoHombre
  • Just this morning, my wife told me she was pregnant.CK
  • Just this morning, my wife told me that she was pregnant.CK
  • When she was a teenager, she got pregnant.Amastan

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