| MATERNAL | • maternal adj. Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. • maternal adj. Related through the mother, or her side of the family. • maternal adj. (Anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy. |
| PATERNAL | • paternal adj. Of or pertaining to one’s father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. • paternal adj. Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father. • paternal adj. Received or inherited from one’s father. |
| FRATERNAL | • fraternal adj. Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers. • fraternal adj. Of or pertaining to a fraternity. • fraternal adj. Platonic or friendly. |
| BIMATERNAL | • bimaternal adj. Having two mothers. • BIMATERNAL adj. having the genetic material of two mothers but no father. |
| MATERNALLY | • maternally adv. In a maternal manner. • maternally adv. Motherly, as a mother. • MATERNAL adv. pertaining to a mother. |
| PATERNALLY | • paternally adv. In a paternal manner; fatherly. • PATERNAL adv. pertaining to a father. |
| UNMATERNAL | • unmaternal adj. Not maternal; not befitting a mother. • UNMATERNAL adj. not maternal. |
| FRATERNALLY | • fraternally adv. In a fraternal manner. • FRATERNAL adv. belonging to a brother or brethren. |
| MATERNALISM | • maternalism n. The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children. • MATERNALISM n. the state of being maternal. |
| PATERNALISM | • paternalism n. The treatment of people in a fatherly manner, especially by caring for them and sometimes being stern with them. • PATERNALISM n. a system or tendency in which well-meaning supervision and/or regulation, etc. is apt to become unwelcome interference. |
| PATERNALIST | • paternalist adj. Of or pertaining to paternalism. • paternalist n. An advocate of paternalism. • PATERNALIST n. a believer in paternalism. |
| CONFRATERNAL | • confraternal adj. Of or pertaining to a confraternity. • CONFRATERNAL adj. like a confraternity, a society devoted esp. to a religious or charitable cause. |
| FRATERNALISM | • fraternalism n. Fraternal policies or practices; brotherliness. • FRATERNALISM n. being fraternal. |
| MATERNALISMS | • maternalisms n. Plural of maternalism. • MATERNALISM n. the state of being maternal. |
| PATERNALISMS | • paternalisms n. Plural of paternalism. • PATERNALISM n. a system or tendency in which well-meaning supervision and/or regulation, etc. is apt to become unwelcome interference. |
| PATERNALISTS | • paternalists n. Plural of paternalist. • PATERNALIST n. a believer in paternalism. |
| FRATERNALISMS | • fraternalisms n. Plural of fraternalism. • FRATERNALISM n. being fraternal. |
| MATERNALISTIC | • maternalistic adj. Exhibiting or relating to maternalism. • MATERNALISTIC adj. motherly. |
| PATERNALISTIC | • paternalistic adj. The quality of being paternal, i.e. like a father, e.g. characterized by behaving in benevolent and… • paternalistic adj. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of or practicing paternalism. • PATERNALISTIC adj. relating to paternalism. |