antenatal

1. 1.

   occurring or existing before birth

   “the prenatal period”

   “antenatal care”

   Synonymsprenatalantepartum

Questions about antenatal

What does antenatal mean?

antenatal means "occurring or existing before birth".

How many syllables are in antenatal?

antenatal has 4 syllables: an-te-na-tal. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for antenatal?

Close synonyms include prenatal, antepartum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antenatal a common word?

antenatal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.