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
Because this mama doesn’t have enough time (or the budget) to go out and buy a bunch of gifts just shy of the biggest splurge season of the year.
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Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Look, even if there are six people coming over, my mama’s cooking for an army.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 2 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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Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
Look, even if there are six people coming over, my mama’s cooking for an army.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 2 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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Weekly Newsletter Hamida’s first such meeting is with a twelve-year-old Hindu girl named Kammo, whose father abandoned her after the death of her mother.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Waggoner credits his late mother Mary with teaching him the skills necessary to do the repairs and revamping.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The new mom was transported to the hospital by ambulance, while Max stayed home with Mitch’s cousin.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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His girlfriend at the time had fallen into a coma, his dog died, and his mom was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 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 2 Nov. 2025.
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