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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The skin care brand counts celebrities like Eva Mendes, Jessica Chastain, Laura Dern, and more as fans, plus countless beauty editors and their moms, too.—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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Not because the moms themselves are toxic people, but because the dynamic shifts into an ugly place with mean-girl behavior.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lasky also integrates tangential but no-less-compelling topics, like the show-stopping style of Iris Apfel and her influence on Lasky’s mother, and Lasky’s evergreen obsession with The Shining.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Craft was able to sign the 6-foot-5, agile Mougey as a quarterback only after reassuring the player and his mother he wouldn’t be moved to receiver.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Now a mommy influencer on Instagram, Abby and her husband call upon Noah to oversee a baby naming ceremony, which a vengeful Joanne also attends.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Elmo’s mommy is knitting him a special red, white and blue hat.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Mama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mama. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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