Synonyms for mother
Another word for mother is female parent, fuss or overprotect. Below are 10 synonyms and 25 related words across 7 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: mothered, mothering, mothers.
1. noun: a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
- female parent
Antonyms
2. noun: a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
3. noun: a term of address for an elderly woman
4. noun: a term of address for a mother superior
5. noun: a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation
6. verb: care for like a mother
- fuss synonyms
- overprotect
7. verb: make (offspring) by reproduction
- get synonyms
- father synonyms
- bring forth synonyms
- generate synonyms
- sire synonyms
- engender
- beget
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- mom synonyms
- mother-in-law
- ma synonyms
- parent synonyms
- mum synonyms
- mama synonyms
- baby mama
- mommy synonyms
- mummy synonyms
- mater
- momma synonyms
- surrogate mother
- mamma synonyms
- mammy
- mumma
- yeast
- barm
- old woman
- mother superior
- abbess
- prioress
- inspiration synonyms
- care synonyms
- give care
- create
Mother in word games
- Letters
- 6
- Scrabble
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- How common
- Everyday word
- Unscramble MOTHER
- Is MOTHER a word?
- Words starting with M
Questions people ask
What is another word for mother?
You can say female parent, fuss, overprotect, get or father instead of mother. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)".
What is the opposite of mother?
The opposite of mother is father.
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