maternal

Adjective

• related on the mother's side
  • my maternal grandmother
    

• relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent
  • parental guidance
    

• relating to or derived from one's mother
  • maternal genes
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  enate , enatic , maternal(p) , parental , paternal
• Antonyms: 
  filial , paternal