pregnant
pregnant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. " A pregnant argument." Prynne. " A pregnant brevity." E. Everett.
- 2.Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth. [Obs.] Evelyn. Wherein the pregnant enemy does much. Shak. Pregnant construction (Rhet.), one in which more is implied than is said; as, the beasts trembled forth from their dens, that is, came forth trembling with fright.
- 3.A pregnant woman. [R.] Dunglison.
- 4.Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obs.] " Pregnant to good pity." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- abridge
- abridgment
- abstract
- after
- aftercrop
- aftergrowth
- aftermath
- all
- and
- approach
- arrish
- await
- beyond
- brevity
- brewing
- brief
- briefly
- certainly
- chance
- close
- come
- comes
- coming
- compact
- compendious
- compendium
- compressed
- compression
- conceive
- concise
- concisely
- conciseness
- condense
- cow
- crisp
- crop
- curt
- cut
- death
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pregnant.
- What is heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies. " A pregnant argument." Prynne. " A pregnant brevity." E. Everett called?
- What is affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. [Obs.] " Pregnant to good pity." Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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