WordNet: maternal

characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers"

• also see matriarchal

• attribute maternal quality, maternalism, maternity, motherliness

• similar to maternalistic

• similar to motherlike

• similar to motherly

maternal

• (englanti) paternal (antonym)

• (englanti) maternity (derivationally related)
• (suomi) äidillinen (synonyymi)