mama

noun

ma·​ma ˈmä-mə 

 chiefly British  mə-ˈmä

variants or less commonly mamma or momma

1

: mother

2

slang : wife, woman

Synonyms

• ma
• mammy
• mater [chiefly British]
• mom
• mommy
• mother
• old lady

Examples of mama in a Sentence

I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.

Recent Examples on the Web

Amazon has everything from shaping shorts to comfortable underwear, and full-body shapers for expectant mamas. —Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 12 June 2024

But curious if someone caught wind whose mama was in the audience? —Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024

News of the surprise engagement between the longtime friends spreads amongst the ton and onto the pages of Lady Whistledown's column in the trailer, eliciting joy from the families led by Featherington and Bridgerton mamas Portia (Polly Walker) and Violet (Ruth Gemmell), respectively. —Jessica Wang, EW.com, 3 June 2024

Season-three, part-one ranking: No. 4 Queen of the anxious mamas seems to have found a coping mechanism for getting overly involved in her children’s romances: getting overly involved in her own romance with Lady Danbury’s brother Lord Anderson. —Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

baby talk

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mama

• mama's boy
• sugar mama

Kids Definition

mama

noun

ma·​ma

variants also mamma or momma

ˈmäm-ə

: mother entry 1 sense 1a