Synonyms for Maternal:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • maternal.
  •distaff (adjective)
  • ladylike,
  • femalelike,
  • muliebral.
  •female (adjective)
  • fecund,
  • fertile,
  • muliebrous,
  • feminine,
  • womanly,
  • effeminate,
  • womanish.
  •hereditary (adjective)
  • traditional,
  • handed down,
  • transmitted,
  • Bequeathed,
  • Willed,
  • inheritable,
  • Family,
  • genetic.
  •maternal (adjective)
  • affectionate,
  • protective,
  • sympathetic.
  •motherly (adjective)
  • careful,
  • supporting,
  • Nurturing,
  • protecting.
  •parental (adjective)
  • patriarchal,
  • matriarchal.
  •paternal (adjective)
  • benevolent,
  • indulgent,
  • solicitous.

• n.

  •
  • cosy,
  • connected,
  • close,
  • chummy,
  • broken,
  • brittle,
  • acquainted,
  • clannish,
  • arm's length.
  •
  • kind,
  • nice,
  • good,
  • sensitive,
  • gentle,
  • tender,
  • warm,
  • Warm-hearted,
  • caring,
  • generous.
  •
  • fatherhood,
  • empty nester,
  • father,
  • birth father,
  • deadbeat dad,
  • birth mother,
  • birth parent,
  • custodial parent,
  • dad,
  • daddy.
  •enate (noun)
  • enate.
  •enatic (noun)
  • enatic.
  •maternalistic (noun)
  • maternalistic.
  •motherlike (noun)
  • motherlike.
  •related (noun)
  • related.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • ancestral,
  • distaff,
  • female,
  • genealogical,
  • hereditary,
  • heritable,
  • lineal,
  • parental,
  • patrimonial,
  • totemic,
  • transmissible,
  • tribal,
  • caretaking,
  • in the family,
  • running in the family,
  • born with.

Paraphrases for Maternal:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    mother-to-child, mother, mother-and-child, postnatal, pre-school, mother-child, pregnant.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Les, nations, Mothers, mother.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Les, mother, pre-school, Breastfeeding.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Mothers, post-partum, maternity, kindergarten.
  • Proper noun, singular
    maternelle, maternity, kindergarten, kindergartens.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    maternity, kindergarten.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    kindergarten.
  • Verb, base form
    kindergarten.

Antonyms for Maternal:

• adj.

  • all
    paternal.
  • female
    masculine, male.
  • hereditary
    acquired.
  • Other antonyms:
    fatherly, fatherlike, unrelated, paternalistic, filial.

Homophones for Maternal:

• matrimonial, maternally, mother-in-law, matronly, matrimonial law.