Synonyms for mother
ˈmʌð ərmother

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1. Mothernoun

   Synonyms:
   Mummy, Mum, Goddess, Mom

   Antonyms:
   Father

2. Mothernoun

   One's mother

   Synonyms:
   Mom, Mum, Mummy, Goddess

   Antonyms:
   Father

3. Mothernoun

   A title given to a nun or a priestess

   Synonyms:
   Goddess, Mom, Mum, Mummy

   Antonyms:
   Father

4. Mothernoun

   One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a virginal Maiden but younger than a old woman Crone.

   Synonyms:
   Goddess, Mum, Mummy, Mom

   Antonyms:
   Father

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mother, female parentnoun

   a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

   "the mother of three children"

   Synonyms:
   mother, female parent

   Antonyms:
   begetter, father, male parent

2. mothernoun

   a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   male parent, begetter, father

3. mothernoun

   a term of address for an elderly woman

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   male parent, father, begetter

4. mothernoun

   a term of address for a mother superior

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   begetter, male parent, father

5. motherverb

   a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

   "necessity is the mother of invention"

   Synonyms:
   female parent

   Antonyms:
   male parent, father, begetter

6. mother, fuss, overprotectverb

   care for like a mother

   "She fusses over her husband"

   Synonyms:
   get, fuss, overprotect, father, niggle, fret, mother, sire, bring forth, beget, engender, generate

   Antonyms:
   begetter, male parent, father

Matched Categories

1. • Abbess
   • Old Woman
   • Parent
   • Yeast

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mothernoun

   Synonyms:
   MAMMA, female parent, dam (applied to a beast)

2. motheradjective

   Synonyms:
   native, natural

3. motheradjective

   Synonyms:
   vernacular

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mothernoun

   Synonyms:
   materfamilias, matron, matriarch, generatrix, dam

   Associated words:
   cognate, cognation, matricide, maternalism, uterine, matriarchy, matriarchal

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mother":

   mom, mum, mothers, mama, parent, madre, mommy, maternal, mère, mamma, ma, motherland, moms, ema, momma, mummy, stem, mam, pmtct, motherhood, mammy, mati

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How to use mother in a sentence?

1. Dawn Drexel:

   This is truly a mother's nightmare, i am mourning my beautiful daughter Brittanee as I have been for 13 years. But today it's bittersweet. We are much closer to the closure and the peace that we have been desperately hoping for.

2. Matt Nelson:

   We have Brigadier Generals in the Afghan National Army. We have female journalists that have been persecuted. We've got several that young Hazara girls who are targeted to be war brides, young war brides, and we've been able to get all of them to safety to this point. And they're getting ready to make that final jump, i've got the family, the mother and father of an active duty U.S. Marine that is part of this group. We've got famous Afghan media personalities.

3. Stephen King:

   His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old stories had a grain or two of truth in them and it was best not to take chances. It was why, he said, he crossed himself whenever a black cat crossed his path.

4. Prince William:

   It is my view that the deceitful way that the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said, the interview was a major contribution to making my parents ’ relationship worse and has since hurt countless others.

5. Ken Balcomb:

   The baby was so newborn, it didn’t have blubber. It kept sinking, and the mother would raise it to the surface.