empty nesternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈemp.ti ˌnes.tər/us/ˈemp.ti ˌnes.tɚ/informalsomeone whose children have grown up and no longer live at home
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Parents & children
- babyhood
- bastard
- child abuse
- child-friendly
- conjoined twins
- illegitimate
- latchkey kid
- legitimate
- love child
- motherhood
- motherless
- natural
- patter
- quad
- quadruplet
- quintuplet
- sextuplet
- Siamese twins
- twin
- without issue idiom
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