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mother

noun as in female person who has borne children

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Example Sentences

Though a mother of a US citizen who had lived in the US for decades would typically be able to apply for deportation relief, Binam’s conviction and plea deal made her ineligible.

From Vox

In one spot, a mother in Texas shares the story of her son who has leukemia.

In the same way my mother thought she knew what she would name me before I was born, I thought I knew where I would bury her before she died.

Quannah Chasing Horse Potts said Mallott never propositioned her and that neither she nor her mother spoke to Downing.

Psychologists Don Moore, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Max Bazerman of Harvard, call it “the mother of all biases” in their textbook on decision making.

From Quartz

Taraji manages to bring an equal measure of truth to the mother in her character.

Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

But my sources, my young women and their mother, heroically held firm.

I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.

Meanwhile two kids were taken from their mother when she flew back to the UK from Turkey.

There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.

"The Smoker," and "Mother and Daughter," a triptych, are two of her principal pictures.

Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.

The mother's lips could not finish the charge she was about to put upon her innocent child.

The Authorised Version has: “And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.”

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for mother?

There are many synonyms for mother.

The most common is mom, which is an informal, familiar version of mother. The equivalent mum is commonly used in the U.K. and other places.

An even more informal and familiar word is mommy, which is especially used by children.

A similarly informal word is mama (and its alternate spellings momma and mamma).

All of these terms should be capitalized when they’re used as a way of addressing someone (in other words, when they’re used as a name or a substitute for a name).

A mother is a parent. A term that specifically references the role of a mother in bearing a child is child-bearer.

The term birthing parent is sometimes used as a gender-neutral term in the context of pregnancy and childbirth.

A mother who’s the leader of a family might be called a matriarch.

Because mothers are traditionally associated with nurture and caregiving, related words are sometimes used as synonyms, such as nurturer and caregiver.

Mother is also sometimes used as a verb meaning to care for someone as a mother or like a mother. Sometimes, it’s used in a negative way that implies that a person is smothering or being overbearing toward the person, as in Please don’t mother me—I can take care of myself.

How do you use mother in a sentence?

Mother is most commonly used as a noun, but it can also be a verb. As a noun, it’s capitalized when it’s used as a name or a substitute for a name.

Here are some examples of mother in a sentence:

  • I’ve always wanted to be a mother.
  • You should really listen to Mother—she has your best interests in mind.
  • It’s just her nature to try to mother anyone who looks like they need help.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mother, such as: mom, parent, ancestor, creator, mommy, and origin.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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