MOTHERS Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of mother

as in moms

a female human parent he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken

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mothers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mother

as in has

to bring forth from the womb I hope to mother at least one child

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as in nurses

to attend to the needs and comforts of mothered the patients with chicken soup

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Recent Examples of mothers

Noun

Some are mothers, some daughters, with relationships that can be deeply loving or strained or both. — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Parents wept over the loss of their children, while mothers and other female relatives cried and beat their chests in grief. — CNN Money, 1 July 2026 Jenny is now part of a support group of 11 other Houston-area mothers who also lost children in the camp flood. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026 Some evidence suggests that Latina mothers prefer to have a relative look after their children, even when cost is no issue. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 Like many residents of the California capital, bat mothers have to navigate a housing shortage. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 Chomentowski and the other mothers in that winter Hamden gathering donated their flags to Bode’s collection. — Brianna Wallen, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026 Judge Russell Klein sentenced Metz to three months of work release and four years of probation after hearing emotional statements from the mothers of the two teen victims and from Metz, along with arguments from the prosecution and defense. — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 7 July 2026 The landmark Ockenden report, led by maternity expert Donna Ockenden, found that over a 13-year period more than 500 mothers and babies died or came to harm due to inadequate care over a 13-year period in just one hospital trust. — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026

Verb

Some parents − overwhelmingly mothers − are stepping back from full-time work or leaving the workforce altogether to accommodate the needs of their family. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026 Because right now, with child care problems causing one in four parents, often mothers, to cut back working hours and one in six to leave entirely, Miami-Dade parents and businesses alike are feeling the pain. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026 Saturday Night Live host Matt Damon was cast as the adoring husband in Mom, an entirely inoffensive movie where nothing bad happens—something that mothers everywhere will enjoy. — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2026 Barrington Elementary For more than a decade, Claudia Lopez joined other Barrington Elementary School mothers to cook a meal of turkey, potato salad, mashed potatoes, cornbread and chocoflan for Thanksgiving. — Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mothers

Noun

Like many proud moms, her camera lens was often turned towards her smiling husband and child.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
This includes more than 200 moms, dads, Democrats and Republicans.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of moms

Verb

Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026
In fact, this recipe has the meatballs gently spiced with a dash of cumin and cinnamon, then tossed with a pepperoncini-spiked tomato sauce.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

Definition of has

Verb

After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.

— Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025

Definition of nurses

Verb

The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.

— Masha Pearl, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Scan your face, train your voice on a few prompts, write (or accept a brand’s) creative brief, and the content produces itself.

— Reid Litman, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of produces

Verb

The jet will fly over the National Mall alongside the Defense Department’s most impressive equipment on Saturday, before the president delivers a speech in what is forecast to be a blistering heat wave.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Sensate delivers low-frequency vibrations and audio to the chest, marketed around the vagus nerve.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026