Synonyms and Antonyms for gestation
1. gestation (n.)
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
- parity
- physical condition
- gravidity
- physiological condition
- lying-in
- gravidation
- extrauterine pregnancy
- pregnancy
- gravida
- gravidness
- childbed
- ectopic pregnancy
- labor
- ectopic gestation
- labour
- entopic pregnancy
- segmentation
- travail
- metacyesis
- para
- extrauterine gestation
- quickening
- confinement
- placenta previa
- trouble
- morning sickness
- eccyesis
- parturiency
- physiological state
- cleavage
- maternity
2. gestation (n.)
the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans)
3. gestation (n.)
the conception and development of an idea or plan
