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Antonyms for mother
ˈmʌð ərmoth·er

This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term mother.

Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. Mothernoun

    Antonyms:
    Father

    Synonyms:
    Mummy, Mum, Goddess, Mom

  2. Mothernoun

    One's mother

    Antonyms:
    Father

    Synonyms:
    Mom, Mum, Mummy, Goddess

  3. Mothernoun

    A title given to a nun or a priestess

    Antonyms:
    Father

    Synonyms:
    Goddess, Mom, Mum, Mummy

  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

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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"

    Antonyms:
    begetter, father, male parent

    Synonyms:
    female 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

    Antonyms:
    male parent, begetter, father

    Synonyms:
    female parent

  3. mothernoun

    a term of address for an elderly woman

    Antonyms:
    male parent, father, begetter

    Synonyms:
    female parent

  4. mothernoun

    a term of address for a mother superior

    Antonyms:
    begetter, male parent, father

    Synonyms:
    female parent

  5. motherverb

    a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

    "necessity is the mother of invention"

    Antonyms:
    male parent, father, begetter

    Synonyms:
    female parent

  6. mother, fuss, overprotectverb

    care for like a mother

    "She fusses over her husband"

    Antonyms:
    begetter, male parent, father

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. mothernoun

    Synonyms:
    materfamilias, matron, matriarch, generatrix, dam

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

How to use mother in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Felix Kjellberg:

    I have absolutely no doubt she will be an amazing mother.

  3. Robert Ozanne:

    One of the most special and sort of battery-charging things about this campaign was being able to go with my mother, who was in 1964, the youngest member of SNCC, at 17, going through Mississippi, registering people to vote, risking her life.

  4. George Demos:

    The defense may aim to have the case submitted to the jury right before Christmas because that's not the time of year a lot of people would feel comfortable sending a new mother to jail.

  5. Maria Veres:

    I have seen a baby who was five to six days old, who was born with Caesarean in Greece, a very beautiful and healthy baby, i checked the baby and then it turned out that her mother had a problem with her stitchings, which is understandable after so much walking.

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