with child

1. 1.

   in an advanced stage of pregnancy

   “was big with child”

   “was great with child”

   Synonymsbigenceinteexpectantgravidgreatlargeheavy

   Similarpregnant

Questions about with child

What does with child mean?

with child means "in an advanced stage of pregnancy".

What is another word for with child?

Close synonyms include big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great. 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 with child a common word?

with child 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.