childbearing

1. 1.

   relating to or suitable for childbirth

   “of childbearing age”

Other forms of childbearing

plural

childbearings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about childbearing

What does childbearing mean?

childbearing means "the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in childbearing?

childbearing has 3 syllables: child-bear-ing. The stress falls on "child". In IPA it is /ˈtʃaɪldˌbɛɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for childbearing?

Close synonyms include childbirth, accouchement, vaginal birth. 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 childbearing a common word?

childbearing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with childbearing?

5 words rhyme with childbearing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.