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mothers

NOUN

founder, inventor

Synonyms

WEAK

administrator architect author builder creator dean elder encourager generator initiator introducer leader maker matriarch motor mover organizer originator patriarch patron prime mover promoter promulgator publisher sire sponsor supporter

NOUN

female person who has borne children

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mom parent

STRONG

ancestor creator mommy origin predecessor progenitor source

WEAK

child-bearer forebearer procreator

Antonyms

STRONG

descendant effect end result

WEAK

father

Example Sentences

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In September 1972, Duncan and several other welfare mothers opened Operation Life in the defunct Cove hotel and casino on Las Vegas’s Westside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

She staged “commodities luncheons” where she and other welfare mothers served lawmakers government cheese and canned meat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

We saw lots of things that hurt us deeply — like children in the streets, mothers with newborns.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

In a presentation, the mothers said that move for young people with SEN was "unclear" and "fractured".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But then I would remember when we were little, hanging out in the lab or the arboretum while our mothers worked.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller