Thesaurus results for MAMMY

mammy

noun

ˈma-mē

Definition of mammy next

as in mother

a female human parent the toddler clung to her mammy and eyed the strangers fearfully

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Recent Examples of mammy These include typecasting Black women as jezebels, sapphires and mammies; these depictions, combined with the law enforcement they may be exposed to, increase their vulnerability under the law. —

Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mammy

Noun

Her mother, Gail Willard, carefully tends to this sacred space.

— Joe Holden, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Prosecutors also alleged King fathered a child through an extra-marital affair and threatened the child’s mother to keep quiet.

— Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026

Definition of mother

Noun

On Thursday, as the UK endured its hottest June temperature on record, CNN visited the quarry where Dylan drowned, with his mom, Beckie Ramsay.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
Sugar reconnects with Blaine, the security guard who’d never seen Casablanca, a golden-age Hollywood classic his mom named him after.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026