Thesaurus:pregnant

Thesaurus:pregnant

THESAURUS

pregnant

English

Synonyms

• big    [WS] (sometimes figurative)

• carrying

• delicate (colloquial)

• eating for two (colloquial)

• enceinte (legal)

• expectant

• expecting

• full (obsolete)

• gestating (biology)

• gravid

• have a bun in the oven

• heavy (obsolete)

• hormonal (offensive)

• in a family way

• in the club

• in the pudding club

• knocked up (sometimes offensive)

• preg (informal)

• pregs (informal)

• preggers (informal)

• preggo (AU, UK)

• pregnant

• quick (archaic)

• up the duff (AU, UK)

• up the kyte (Scotland)

• up the stump (Canada)

• pupped (British)

• with child (dated)

Hyponyms

• with young

Further reading

• “161. production” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “pregnant” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.