pregnant

schwan­ger

Bei­spiel:
Mrs Mil­ler is pregnant with her second child. – Frau Mil­ler ist mit ihrem zwei­ten Kind schwan­ger.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
pregnant (adjective)
1.
archaic - cogent
2.
abounding in fancy, wit, or resourcefulness - inventive all this has been said … by great and pregnant artists Times Literary Supplement
3.
rich in significance or implication - the pregnant phrases of the Bible Edmund Wilson a pregnant pause
4.
containing a developing embryo, fetus, or unborn offspring within the body - gravid
5.
having possibilities of development or consequence involving important issues - momentous draw inspiration from the heroic achievements of that pregnant age Kemp Malone
6.
obsolete - inclined disposed your own most pregnant and vouchsafed ear Shakespeare
7.
- full teeming
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
pregnant (adjective)
1.
containing unborn young within the body
SYNONYMS:
big, caught, enceinte, expectant, expecting, gone, gravid, heavy, quick
RELATED WORDS:
parturient, prenatal; childbearing, gestational; brooding; conceiving, impregnated
with child, with young
NEAR ANTONYMS:
barren, infertile; aborting, miscarrying; delivered
nonpregnant
pregnant (adjective)
2.
clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)
SYNONYMS:
eloquent, meaning, meaningful, pregnant, revealing, revelatory, significant, suggestive
RELATED WORDS:
graphic ( graphical), pictorial, vivid; evocative, redolent, reminiscent; sententious, weighty; flavorful, full-bodied, rich
unexpressive
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