BIRTHS Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

births 1 of 2

noun

plural of birth

as in nativities

the act or instance of being born almost from birth, he showed all the marks of future greatness

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as in ancestries

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended a man of noble birth

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as in beginnings

the point at which something begins that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation

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births

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of birth, chiefly dialect

as in produces

to bring forth from the womb back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children

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Recent Examples of births

Noun

In one study of 104 births, 69 babies were delivered with OdonAssist; 4% of those babies had bruising considered related to the device. — Angela Haupt, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 This is not an argument against antibiotics, caesarean births, formula, or any other feature of modern life. — Holly Baines, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026 But with Xuan and Zhang controlling the firm that arranged the surrogate births, no one looked into their backgrounds. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 After Minnesota beat Michigan for the first time since 2014, Fleck blurted in the on-field postgame interview that his feelings that day trailed only the births of his children and his wedding on the list of best life experiences. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 In New York, the city had about 110,000 births in 2019 and fewer than 100,000 a year since 2020. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Ashley Randolph Ashley Randolph transformed personal struggles into hope and support for Black families navigating premature births. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Since then, the zoo saw the arrival of another panda and the births of several cubs before the pandas left in 2019 due to a loan agreement ending with the People's Republic of China. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 In Chicago, births declined 37% between 2010 and 2023, according to Illinois Department of Public Health data. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

Both sides of the island are necessary and complementary, just like the proverbial oyster grit that births the pearl. — Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026 Although healthy individuals may only suffer short-term symptoms, a listeria infection can cause miscarriages and still births among pregnant women. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 19 June 2026 This births a star that continually accretes more gas and becomes more massive. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Apr. 2026 With the resources available to urban coyotes, the average coyote births six new pups. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 9 Apr. 2026 The film charts his romances and business endeavors, including a nightclub that seemingly births the jazz movement. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025

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Noun

But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of ancestries

Noun

Nubar is a Kurdish word symbolizing a fresh start and new beginnings, just like Mustafa's.

— Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
One man who always has a lot to say is Josh Pate, the college football commentator who started from humble beginnings and is now one of the foremost voices in the sport.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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The brand sources and then produces chocolate right at the source in Madagascar and Uganda, partnering with Direct Trade farmers.

— Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Dori Media, which produces film and TV out of Tel Aviv, Zurich and Buenos Aires, was approached by representatives for Sphereorigin about working together on a film.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of produces

Noun

Geese did something similar with last year’s Getting Killed, their own neutron star of an album, gobbling up the tangled lineages of rock, punk, and drone music in New York City with the ravenous appetites of kids weaned on the infinite scroll.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Cell lineages follow paths through this map as development proceeds.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lineages

Verb

The mid-weight denim is rigid, made of 100 percent cotton rigid denim and has a bit of a rustic feel.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
When healthy, Ohtani has the ability to break out of even the most dire of slumps with an otherworldly performance, like that three-homer (as a hitter), 10-strikeout (as a pitcher) all-timer.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of has

Noun

Sometimes, though, these genealogies of behavior can seem beside the point, serving only to dull one’s analysis of the situation.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026