mama

noun

ma·​ma ˈmä-mə 

chiefly British mə-ˈmä

variants or less commonly mamma or momma

1

: mother

2

slang : wife, woman

Synonyms of mama

• mom
• mother
• mommy

Examples of mama in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Multiple social media videos showed the mama bear and her two cubs running across the Woodcutter trail. —David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026

This is not your mama's potato salad! —Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026

The combustible mix of sensual spitfire and mama-bear ferocity has made Angela a controversial presence on the show. —Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026

All's fair in love and war — an idiom that Cressida (second from left, played by Jessica Madsen) and her meddling mama would do well to remember while courting the Prince! —Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

baby talk

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mama

• mama's boy
• sugar mama

Rhymes for mama

• brahma
• chama
• comma
• dama
• drama
• gama
• lama
• llama
• mamma
• momma
• rama
• sama

Kids Definition

mama

noun

ma·​ma

variants also mamma or momma

ˈmäm-ə

: mother entry 1 sense 1a