Synonyms for mother
ˈmʌð ərmoth·er

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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:
   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, 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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1. Donald Trump:

   I was thinking about my mother. My mother passed away a while ago and she was a tremendous fan of The Queen. She thought she was a woman of elegance, and my mother felt she was a great woman. I remember even as a little guy, if there was any kind of a ceremony to do with The Queen, my mother would be watching the television -- The Queen wanted to see it.

2. R. D. Laing:

   From the moment of birth, when the stone-age baby confronts the twentieth-century mother, the baby is subjected to these forces of violence, called love, as its mother and father have been, and their parents and their parents before them. These forces are mainly concerned with destroying most of its potentialities. This enterprise is on the whole successful.

3. Selma Blair:

   Christine Baranski played my mother, but I would like to play my mother, i’d like to play Cecile Caldwell’s mother.

4. Katharine Hepburn:

   Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it . I would have made a terrible mother.

5. Richard Kehl:

   A little boy came home and told his mother he had gotten first prize in an examination. The question had been How many legs does a horse have He had answered, Three. When his mother asked how he had gotten the first prize, he replied that all the other children had said, Two.