pregnant

/ˈprɛgnənt/

/ˈprɛgnənt/

Other forms: pregnantly

If you are pregnant, you are carrying a developing baby in your body. If you are pregnant it is important to take excellent care of your health — it's good for tyou and good for the baby.

Pregnant comes from Latin, and literally means "before giving birth" — prae-, like pre- means "before" and gnasci is a root that means "be born." Pregnant can also mean "filled with something," like inspiration or "rich in significance or implication," like your pregnant pause before answering your friend's question, "You like my new boyfriend, don't you?"

Definitions of pregnant

1. adjective

   carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life
   synonyms:

   big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, heavy, large, with child

   in an advanced stage of pregnancy

   antonyms:

   nonpregnant

   not pregnant
2. adjective

   rich in significance or implication
   synonyms: meaning, significant

   meaningful

   having a meaning or purpose
3. adjective

   filled with or attended with
   “a silence pregnant with suspense”

   synonyms: fraught

   full

   containing as much or as many as is possible or normal