mama

noun

ma·​ma ˈmä-mə How to pronounce mama (audio)
chiefly British mə-ˈmä
variants or less commonly or momma
Synonyms of mamanext
1
: mother
2
slang : wife, woman

Examples of mama in a Sentence

I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.
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So proud to be his mama ❤️ everyday is the. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025 Constance’s eldest son, Willem (Toby Hemingway), is a violent bully; younger son Garret (Lucas Till) is a mama’s boy; and daughter Trisha (Aisling Franciosi) dreams of a life far away from the sparse pioneer town of Angel’s Ridge. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025 This is my first birthday without my mama. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025 That includes in particular, Don Rickles as an oily floor manager, Dick Smothers as a hypocritical politico, James Woods as a puke-ish parasite and, once again, Scorsese’s mother, Catherine Scorsese, as a take-no-guff, see-no-evil mama familias. Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mama

Word History

Etymology

baby talk

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of mama was in 1579

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“Mama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mama. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

mama

noun
ma·​ma
variants also mamma or momma
ˈmäm-ə

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