Synonyms of the word

nativity

• n. (now dated) Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
• n. (astrology) Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's…
• n. (also with capital initial) The birth of Jesus.
• n. (Christianity, also with capital initial) The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day;…
• n. (also with capital initial) A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.
• n. (figuratively) Origin; founding.
• n. Place of origin; place to which a species is native.
• n. The quality of being native or innate.

alteration

• n. The act of altering or making different.
• n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

birth

• n. (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
• n. (countable) An instance of childbirth.
• n. (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
• n. (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
• n. That which is born.
• n. Misspelling of berth.
• adj. A familial relationship established by childbirth.
• v. (dated or regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
• v. (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

modification

• n. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.
• n. an alteration or adjustment to something.
• n. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
• n. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
• n. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in…

nascence

• n. birth.
• n. coming into being.
• n. commencement or inception.

nascency

• n. A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.