birth control
contraception, prevention of pregnancy (by using condoms, birth control pills, etc.)
Birth control
Birth control
birth control
Noun
1. limiting the number of children born
(synonym) birth prevention, family planning
(hypernym) planning
(hyponym) coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, pulling out, onanism
birth control
Synonyms and related words:
aridity, barrenness, contraception, dearth, dry womb, dryness, family planning, famine, impotence, ineffectualness, infecundity, infertility, planned parenthood, rhythm method, sterileness, sterility, the pill, unfertileness, unfruitfulness, unproductiveness, vasectomy, withered loins
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.