Word entry · 5 letters

birth

Best crossword clue

"Start of life"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bɜːθ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bhirtStarts with BEnds with H2 cluesVery common crossword word

1B2I3R4T5H

Definitions

The act of being born; also an origin or beginning.

Word origin

From Middle English birthen, birðen, from the noun (see above).

Used in a sentence

“Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.”
“In Greece a child was given its name on the seventh or tenth day after birth.”
“the birth of an empire”

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Start of life”5 letters

02“Arrival of a baby”5 letters

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Synonyms

bear 4 letters have 4 letters deliver 7 letters nascence 8 letters nascency 8 letters nativity 8 letters parentage 9 letters parturition 11 letters

Broader terms

doer 4 letters actor 5 letters first 5 letters start 5 letters change 6 letters offset 6 letters outset 6 letters worker 6 letters

More specific words

cub 3 letters pig 3 letters pup 3 letters bear 4 letters drop 4 letters fawn 4 letters foal 4 letters lamb 4 letters

Part of

life 4 letters lifespan 8 letters lifetime 8 letters reproduction 12 letters

Similar words

bear 4 letters carry 5 letters expect 6 letters gestate 7 letters

Opposite

death 5 letters

Rhymes

berth 5 letters earth 5 letters firth 5 letters forth 5 letters garth 5 letters girth 5 letters mirth 5 letters north 5 letters

Longer words

births 6 letters birthed 7 letters birther 7 letters rebirth 7 letters birthday 8 letters birthers 8 letters birthing 8 letters rebirths 8 letters