Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Noun
- 1.1.1 Sense: woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child
- 1.1.1.1 Synonyms
- 1.1.1.2 Antonyms
- 1.1.1.3 Hyponyms
- 1.1.1.4 Hypernyms
- 1.1.1.5 Various
- 1.1.1 Sense: woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child
- 1.2 Further reading
- 1.1 Noun
English
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Noun
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Sense: woman who has, conceives, gives birth to, or raises a child
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Synonyms
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- Colloquial or slang synonyms:
- ma (Irish, Scouse, US)
- mam (Northumberland)
- mama
- mamaw
- mamma
- mammaw
- mammy
- mamsie
- mamsy
- meemaw
- memaw
- mom (informal, US)
- Mom (informal, US)
- moms (AAVE)
- momma (US)
- mommy (US, childish)
- Mommy (US, childish)
- momsy (US)
- motherling (diminutive, affectionate)
- mum (British)
- Mum (British)
- mummy (British, childish)
- Mummy (British, childish)
- mumsy (British)
- mutha (Geordie)
- old lady (somewhat derogatory)
Antonyms
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Hyponyms
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- biological mother
- birth mother
- genitrix
- genitor
- —
- adoptive mother
- grandmother [⇒ thesaurus]
- gymslip mum (British, slang)
- helicopter mom
- mama bear
- mama grizzly
- security mom (US)
- soccer mom
- supermom
- supermum
- surrogate mother
- tiger mother
- —
- Mother-in-law:
- mother-in-law
- ma-in-law (colloquial)
- mom-in-law (US, informal)
- mother-out-law
- mum-in-law (British, informal)
- shviger (US slang)
- —
- Stepmother:
Hypernyms
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Various
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Further reading
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- “166. paternity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “mother” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- Use frequencies of some of the synonyms at Google Ngram Viewer
