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. Ignacio Villatoro:

   For the 13-year-old, it's torture, he sees his siblings cry. He's desperate. He wants to return to his mother. The younger ones don't speak with me nor with my wife. They just can't. They don't want to speak a single word.

2. Cambridge Police Department/Boston 25:

   I told the mother on the next contraction I want you to push as hard as you can, the next contraction came, the baby came out, I guided the head out.

3. Justine Haupt:

   The engineer used a 3D printer to create the cell phone case and added speed dialing buttons so Justine Haupt could call Justine Haupt husband and Justine Haupt mother at the click of a button. Justine Haupt also added an e-paper display to the phone so that Justine Haupt could see messages and missed calls. Space engineer Justine Haupt, 34, built a rotary dial mobile phone due to Justine Haupt dislike of the hyper connectivity associated with smartphones. ( SWNS) Justine Haupt wasnt planning on selling the phones, but Justine Haupt ended up creating a kit that users can use to put together their own version of the tiny phone -- minus the rotary dial, although a newer kit will be more inclusive -- after being inundated with emails from people who wanted to purchase the phone. It is actually my phone - I dont carry my flip phone with me anymore, i never expected to go viral with this.

4. Christen Kuikoua:

   I Thank heaven for the grace of having such a mother Which paths are wise and life is true, You are my sunshine, I’ll love my mother all my days, For enriching my life in so many ways”

5. John Sampson:

   It's the mother of all ‘Get Out of Jail Free Cards,’.