maternal
adjective
1 maternal
Characteristic of a mother.
Polish: matczyny
2 maternal
Relating to or derived from one's mother.
3 maternal
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent.
Roget 906: benevolent; kind, kindly; well-meaning; amiable; obliging, accommodating, indulgent, gracious, complacent, good-humored. warm-hearted, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, ... show more
Roget 166: paternal, parental; maternal; family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal.
4 maternal
Moby thesaurus: adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, caring, conjugal, demonstrative, devoted, doting, faithful, fatherlike, fatherly, filial, fond, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, husbandly, kind, kindly ... show more.
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