Antonyms of noun birth
2 of 5 senses of birth
Sense 1
birth -- (the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age")
Antonym of death (Sense 4)
=> death, dying, demise -- (the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes")
Sense 2
birth, nativity, nascency, nascence -- (the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child")
Antonym of death (Sense 1)
=> death, decease, expiry -- (the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun birth
5 senses of birth
Sense 1
birth -- (the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age")
=> beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset -- (the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her")
Sense 2
birth, nativity, nascency, nascence -- (the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child")
=> change, alteration, modification -- (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago")
Sense 3
parturition, birth, giving birth, birthing -- (the process of giving birth)
=> organic process, biological process -- (a process occurring in living organisms)
Sense 4
parentage, birth -- (the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents)
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship -- ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)
Sense 5
birth -- (a baby born; an offspring; "the overall rate of incidence of Down's syndrome is one in every 800 births")
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb birth
1 sense of birth
Sense 1
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have -- (cause to be born; "My wife had twins yesterday!")
=> produce, bring forth -- (bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit")