variants
also mamma
or momma
as in mother
a female human parent
I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself
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Recent Examples of mama
Look, even if there are six people coming over, my mama’s cooking for an army.
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Sid Evans, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Knowing the mama likely wouldn't be able to care for all four calves, the family put two of them with the other cows who lost their babies.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Jean’s mama saw through the ruse but misread it.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
And love got her here, now a happy mama of three with her love.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
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Sid Evans, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Knowing the mama likely wouldn't be able to care for all four calves, the family put two of them with the other cows who lost their babies.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
Jean’s mama saw through the ruse but misread it.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
And love got her here, now a happy mama of three with her love.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mama
Noun
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Theresa’s mother died in 2019, but her father stood with prosecutors at the news conference Wednesday.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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At the very end, his mother made a brief appearance to wrap up the routine.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Speaking to Variety at the Cinespia screening of Sinners at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on October 17, Coogler gave a shout-out to his mom and credited her with inspiring his new X-Files reboot.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes the easiest way to get news out of your mom is to set up a multi-camera shoot and ask the important questions on camera.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Farmer says that Brooks has never really been a mommy’s boy.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Kylie Jenner and Stormi Webster had a twinning mommy-and-me moment at the Kylie Cosmetics’ 10th anniversary celebration on Friday night in West Hollywood, arriving in matching pink shoes that nodded to a decade of beauty history.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Mama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mama. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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