variants
also mamma
or momma
as in mom
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
Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.
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Literary Hub, 22 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
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Literary Hub, 22 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mama
Noun
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While the internet immediately guessed her piece for The Cut was about Hilary Duff, Mandy Moore, Meghan Trainor, and other moms that the High School Musical alum had been photographed with previously, Duff's husband, Matthew Koma, commented on the subject via social media.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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In a now-viral TikTok, Shelby Wold, a 32-year-old mom of two, shared her daughter Lenna's sweet reaction to the first kiss she's ever received from her 2-year-old brother Theo.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Several hundred people gathered outside the federal building, including mothers and grandmothers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Good was the mother of three children and had recently moved to Minnesota.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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On the surface, Industry could be read as a show about mommy and daddy issues.—
Louis Staples,
Glamour,
12 Jan. 2026
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One mommy sent flowers, then didn’t acknowledge her thank-you.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Mama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mama. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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