Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Birth

• (n.) The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
• (n.) Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
• (n.) The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
• (n.) The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
• (n.) That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
• (n.) Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
• (n.) See Berth.

Synonyms of Birth

• Nativity
• Nascency
• Nascence
• Parturition
• Giving Birth
• Birthing
• Parentage
• Give Birth
• Deliver
• Bear
• Have

Antonyms of Birth

• Death
• Death

Homophones of Birth

• Berth