Definition of PREGNANT

pregnant

Plural: pregnants

Adjective

  • Carrying a developing fetus in the uterus; full of significance.
  • carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life

Adjective Satellite

  • rich in significance or implication
  • filled with or attended with
    • "a silence pregnant with suspense"

Adj

  • Carrying developing offspring within the body.
  • Carrying developing offspring within the body.
  • Of a couple: expecting a baby together.
  • Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
  • Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
  • Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
  • Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.
  • Compelling; clear, evident.

Noun

  • A pregnant person.

Examples

  • a pregnant pause
  • His pregnant pause before playing ’QUIXOTIC’ signaled he knew it was a game-changer.
  • I became pregnant in July 2014.
  • I went to the doctor and, guess what, I’m five weeks pregnant!
  • We are pregnant.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").

Synonyms

fraught, meaning, significant, big, carrying, child-great, delicate, eating for two, enceinte, expectant, expecting, expecting a baby, fertilized, full, gestating, gone, gravid, great, have a bun in the oven, having a bun in the oven, heavy, hormonal, in a family way, in an interesting condition, in the club, in the family way, in the pudding club, knocked up, meaningful, preg, preggers, preggie, preggo, pregnant, pregs, pupped, quick, up the duff, up the kyte, up the spout, up the stick, up the stump, with child

Scrabble Score: 11

pregnant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pregnant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pregnant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

pregnant: valid Words With Friends Word