Mother definition

Mother as a noun

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

   "the mother of three children"

   Same sense: female parent

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

3. a term of address for an elderly woman

4. a term of address for a mother superior

5. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

   "necessity is the mother of invention"

Mother as a verb

6. care for like a mother

   Same sense: fuss, overprotect

7. make (offspring) by reproduction

   Same sense: get, father, bring forth, generate, sire, engender, beget

Synonyms and antonyms

• female parent
• fuss
• overprotect
• get definition
• father definition
• bring forth
• generate
• sire
• engender
• beget

Opposite: father.

All synonyms of mother, sense by sense

How to say mother

Mother has 2 syllables and rhymes with other. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with mother

• other
• another
• brother
• grandmother
• stepmother
• godmother
• smother
• nother
• souther

MOTHER in word games

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

0

Is MOTHER a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check MOTHER in the word checker, or unscramble MOTHER to see the shorter words in its letters.